Countries
Macedonia
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3137
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2646
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Mhoro
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Masikati
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Mangwanani
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
жал (žal)
Ndineurombo
Bye
Чао (Čao)
bye
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
1.5011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Karanga
Where They Speak
Macedonia
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Macedonia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
284
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
macédonien
shona
German Name
Makedonisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Shona people
Origin
2200 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Southern
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Standard Shona
Language Position
45107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mk
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
sna
ISO 639 2/B
mac
sna
ISO 639 3
mkd
sna
ISO 639 6
mkd
sna
Glottocode
mace1250
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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