Countries
Macedonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3130
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2625
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
жал (žal)
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
Чао (Čao)
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
1.5012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Serbia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
283
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million8.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million8.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Montenegrin
French Name
macédonien
serbe
German Name
Makedonisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Serbs
Origin
2200 BC
11th 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
Standard Serbian
Language Position
4544
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mk
sr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
srp
ISO 639 2/B
mac
srp
ISO 639 3
mkd
srp
ISO 639 6
mkd
srp
Glottocode
mace1250
serb1264
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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