Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Macedonia
National Language
China, Taiwan
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Alphabets in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
жал (žal)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Torlakian
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Macedonia
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Macedonia
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
chinois
macédonien
German Name
Chinesisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Han
Macedonians
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Macedonian
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sini1245
mace1250
Linguasphere
79-AAA
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic