Countries
Macedonia
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Malta
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3130
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2624
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Ħello
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Grazzi
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Kif int?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
жал (žal)
Skużani!
Bye
Чао (Čao)
Ċaw
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Qormi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Malta
How Many People Speak
1.50520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Malta
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Not Present
Where They Speak
Macedonia
-
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
282
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Malti
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Malti
French Name
macédonien
maltais
German Name
Makedonisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Maltese
Origin
2200 BC
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Semitic
Branch
Southern
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Maltese
Language Position
4525
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mk
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
mac
mlt
ISO 639 3
mkd
mlt
ISO 639 6
mkd
mlt
Glottocode
mace1250
malt1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic