Countries
Macedonia
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
-
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
hallo
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Danke
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
guten Tag
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
guten Morgen
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
bitte
Sorry
жал (žal)
Verzeihung
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Debar
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Germany
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Texas German
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Texas
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
macédonien
allemand
German Name
Makedonisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Germans
Origin
2200 BC
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mace1250
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic