Countries
Macedonia
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3131
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2618
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Moni
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Zikomo
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Chonde
Sorry
жал (žal)
pepani
Bye
Чао (Čao)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1.5012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
285
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
macédonien
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Makedonisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Chewa people
Origin
2200 BC
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Southern
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Chewa
Language Position
4527
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mk
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
nya
ISO 639 2/B
mac
nya
ISO 639 3
mkd
nya
ISO 639 6
mkd
nya
Glottocode
mace1250
nyan1308
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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