Countries
Macedonia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2631
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Selam
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
i'bakwon
Sorry
жал (žal)
aznallehu
Bye
Чао (Čao)
tschao
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Gondar
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Gondar
How Many People Speak
1.5022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Showa
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
285
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
macédonien
amharique
German Name
Makedonisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Amharas
Origin
2200 BC
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Semitic
Branch
Southern
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Amharic
Language Position
4555
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mk
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
amh
ISO 639 2/B
mac
amh
ISO 639 3
mkd
amh
ISO 639 6
mkd
amh
Glottocode
mace1250
amha1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional