Countries
Macedonia
South Africa
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
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Bye
Чао (Čao)
Not Available
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
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Debar
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Not Available
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
mace1250
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic
All Macedonian and Afrikaans 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 Macedonian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Macedonian and Afrikaans Speaking population
Macedonian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Macedonian and Afrikaans on Macedonian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Macedonian and Afrikaans Language Codes
Macedonian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Macedonian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.