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Croatian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
Volim te  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
2.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
9th century  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Macedonian  

Language Position
23  
21
45  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
mac  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
mkd  

Glottocode
croa1245  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic  

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Croatian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Macedonian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Croatian and Macedonian Language History.

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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.

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