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Macedonian

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Countries

Countries

Macedonia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Romania, Serbia
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3124
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2617
9 60
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Scripts

Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Здраво (Zdravo)
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Благодарам (Blagodaram)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Како си? (Kako si?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Добар ден (Dobar den)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Добро утро (Dobro utro)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Ве молиме (Ve molime)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

жал (žal)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Чао (Čao)
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Те сакам (Te sakam)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Torlakian
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Greece

How Many People Speak

1.502,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Debar
Griko

Where They Speak

Macedonia
Italy

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Galičnik
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Macedonia
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

2,100,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2825
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

2.50 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

2.50 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

macédonien
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Makedonisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Macedonians
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

2200 BC
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Hellenic

Branch

Southern
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Macedonian
Modern Greek

Language Position

4574
1 120
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Signed Forms

Macedonian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mk
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mkd
ell

ISO 639 2/B

mac
gre

ISO 639 3

mkd
ell

ISO 639 6

mkd
ells

Glottocode

mace1250
gree1276

Linguasphere

53-AAA-ha
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic

Macedonian and Greek Alphabets

Macedonian and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Macedonian and Greek. In Macedonian Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Macedonian and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Macedonian and Greek languages. The Macedonian phonology consist Macedonian vowels and Macedonian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Macedonian greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Macedonian and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Macedonian and Greek Speaking population

Macedonian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Macedonian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Greek Language Codes

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