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Italian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
grazie  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Per Favore  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
scusate  
жал (žal)  

Bye
arrivederci  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Torlakian  

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

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

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Macedonia  

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

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
2.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
2.00 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
italien  
macédonien  

German Name
Italienisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
960 BC  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Macedonian  

Language Position
27  
25
45  
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
mac  

ISO 639 3
ita  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
itas  
mkd  

Glottocode
ital1282  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic  

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Italian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Macedonian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Macedonian Language History.

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

Italian vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Italian vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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