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Macedonian
Macedonian

Somali
Somali



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Countries

Countries

Macedonia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Somalia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

Albania, Romania, Serbia
Yemen

Regulated By

Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

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.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

Similar To

Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

-
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2621
9 60
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Scripts

Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Здраво (Zdravo)
Hello

Thank You

Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

Како си? (Kako si?)
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

Добар ден (Dobar den)
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Subax wanaagsan

Please

Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Fadlan

Sorry

жал (žal)
sorry

Bye

Чао (Čao)
caraysiiyo

I Love You

Те сакам (Te sakam)
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Torlakian
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

1.5016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Debar
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Macedonia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Galičnik
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

Macedonia
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

2,100,000.0021.00
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 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

2.50 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

macédonien
somali

German Name

Makedonisch
Somali

Pronunciation

[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Macedonians
Somalis

History

Origin

2200 BC
19th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Cushitic

Branch

Southern
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Macedonian
Somali

Language Position

4583
1 120
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Signed Forms

Macedonian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mk
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mkd
som

ISO 639 2/B

mac
som

ISO 639 3

mkd
som

ISO 639 6

mkd
som

Glottocode

mace1250
soma1255

Linguasphere

53-AAA-ha
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic
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Macedonian and Somali Alphabets

Macedonian and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Macedonian and Somali. In Macedonian Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Macedonian and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Macedonian and Somali 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 Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Macedonian and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Macedonian and Somali Speaking population

Macedonian and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Somali on Macedonian vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Somali Language Codes

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