Countries
Macedonia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3132
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2617
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
hallo
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Dankie
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
goeie nag
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
goeie more
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
asseblief
Sorry
жал (žal)
jammer
Bye
Чао (Čao)
Totsiens
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
-
How Many People Speak
1.507,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Macedonia
-
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Namibia
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
283
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Cape Dutch
French Name
macédonien
afrikaans
German Name
Makedonisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Afrikaners
Origin
2200 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Germanic
Branch
Southern
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
4523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mk
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
afr
ISO 639 2/B
mac
afr
ISO 639 3
mkd
afr
ISO 639 6
mkd
afrs
Glottocode
mace1250
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic