Countries
Macedonia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
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
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Amharic-1.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Ethiopia
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Ethiopia
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
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Amharic
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mace1250
amha1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional