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German and Macedonian


Macedonian and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
9  
1
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Danke  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
bitte  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
жал (žal)  

Bye
Tschüs  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Torlakian  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
2.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
2.00 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
allemand  
macédonien  

German Name
Deutsch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Macedonian  

Language Position
9  
9
45  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
mac  

ISO 639 3
deu  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
deus  
mkd  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic  

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All German and Macedonian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Macedonian dialects. Various dialects of German and Macedonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Macedonian Dialects are spoken in different Macedonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Macedonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian , Debar. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Macedonian Speaking population

German and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of German and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Macedonian on German vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Macedonian Language Codes

German and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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