Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Macedonia
National Language
Austria
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
- 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
Serbain and Bosnian
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Church Slavonic
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
bok
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
hvala
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
kako si
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
laku noć
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
dobra večer
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
dobro jutro
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
molim
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Oprostite
жал (žal)
I Love You
Volim te
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Debar
Where They Speak
Croatia
Macedonia
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
hrvatski
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
croate
macédonien
German Name
Kroatisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Croats
Macedonians
Origin
9th century
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Macedonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
croa1245
mace1250
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic
Croatian and Macedonian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Croatian and Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Macedonian language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Croatian vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Croatian vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian Alphabets and Macedonian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Croatian and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.