Countries
Estonia, European Union
Macedonia
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- 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
Finnish
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
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
Tere
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
aitäh
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Head ööd
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Palun
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Vabandust
жал (žal)
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Macedonia
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Galičnik
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Macedonia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
eesti keel
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
estonien
macédonien
German Name
Estnisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Macedonians
Origin
13th century
2200 BC
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Macedonian
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
esto1258
mace1250
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic
Estonian 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 Estonian and Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Macedonian language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Estonian vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.