Countries
Macedonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3130
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2625
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Zdravo
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Hvala
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Kako si?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Laku noc
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Dobro jutro
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
molim vas
Sorry
жал (žal)
Oprostite
Bye
Чао (Čao)
Zbogom
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Volim te
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
1.5013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
286
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million3.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million3.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
macédonien
bosniaque
German Name
Makedonisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Bosniaks
Origin
2200 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Bosnian
Language Position
4524
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mk
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
bos
ISO 639 2/B
mac
bos
ISO 639 3
mkd
bos
ISO 639 6
mkd
boss
Glottocode
mace1250
bosn1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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