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 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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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
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
283
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Origin
2200 BC
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Cushitic
Branch
Southern
-
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
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
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
-