Countries
Macedonia
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3130
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2636
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
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)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
жал (žal)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
Чао (Čao)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
1.509,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2858
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million7.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.21 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million7.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Balgarski
French Name
macédonien
bulgare
German Name
Makedonisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Bulgarian people
Origin
2200 BC
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Slavic
Branch
Southern
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
4588
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mk
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
bul
ISO 639 2/B
mac
bul
ISO 639 3
mkd
bul
ISO 639 6
mkd
buls
Glottocode
mace1250
bulg1262
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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