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Macedonian and Croatian


Croatian and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
9  
7

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Austria  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
-  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Latin  

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)  
bok  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
hvala  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
kako si  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
dobro jutro  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
molim  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
Oprostite  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Chakavian  

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

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Debar  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Hrvatski  

French Name
macédonien  
croate  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Croats  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
9th 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  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
45  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
mkd  
hrv  

Glottocode
mace1250  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Macedonian and Croatian Speaking population

Macedonian and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Macedonian vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Croatian Language Codes

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

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