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Macedonian
Macedonian

Serbian
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Macedonian and Serbian

Countries

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

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-

Alphabets

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

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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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

283
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

2.50 million8.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

2.50 million8.70 million
0 873
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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

History

Origin

2200 BC
11th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Slavic
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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

Code

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

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic
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Macedonian and Serbian Alphabets

Macedonian and Serbian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Macedonian and Serbian. In Macedonian Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Serbian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Macedonian and Serbian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Macedonian and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Macedonian and Serbian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Macedonian and Serbian Speaking population

Macedonian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Macedonian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Serbian Language Codes

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