Countries
Macedonia
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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"
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Habari
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Asante
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
tafadhali
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Zanzibar island
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Kilwa
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
macédonien
swahili
German Name
Makedonisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
2200 BC
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Swahili
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
mace1250
swah1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Macedonian and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Macedonian and Swahili Speaking population
Macedonian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Macedonian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Macedonian and Swahili Language Codes
Macedonian and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Macedonian and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.