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Macedonian and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
26  
16
36  
26

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Debar  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
45  
99+
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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All Macedonian and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Macedonian and Bulgarian Speaking population

Macedonian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. 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 Bulgarian on Macedonian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Bulgarian Language Codes

Macedonian and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Macedonian and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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