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English vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Thank you   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Good Night   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Please   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Sorry   
жал (žal)   

Bye
Bye   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
I love you   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
Not Available   

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
anglais   
macédonien   

German Name
Englisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Macedonian   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
mac   

ISO 639 3
eng   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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English and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of English vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Macedonian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Macedonian Language History.

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English 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 English and Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Macedonian language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common English Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Macedonian Difficulty

The English vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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