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Macedonian
Macedonian

Shona
Shona



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Countries

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

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

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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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Greetings

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

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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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Macedonian and Shona Alphabets

Macedonian and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Macedonian and Shona. In Macedonian Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Macedonian and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Macedonian and Shona 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 Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Macedonian and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Macedonian and Shona Speaking population

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

Macedonian and Shona Language Codes

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