Countries
Macedonia
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Hawaii
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
谢谢
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
你好吗？
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
晚安
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
下午好
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
早上好
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
请
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
我爱你
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Hong Kong
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
macédonien
cantonais
German Name
Makedonisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Han Chinese
Origin
2200 BC
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
mk
No data available
ISO 639 3
mkd
No data available
Glottocode
mace1250
cant1236
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Macedonian and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Macedonian and Cantonese Speaking population
Macedonian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Macedonian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Macedonian and Cantonese Language Codes
Macedonian and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Macedonian and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.