Macedonian and Xhosa
Countries
Macedonia
South Africa
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Molo
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Unjani
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Molo
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Ndicela
Sorry
жал (žal)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Чао (Čao)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
South Africa
Where They Speak
Macedonia
South Africa
Where They Speak
Macedonia
South Africa
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
macédonien
xhosa
German Name
Makedonisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
2200 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mace1250
xhos1239
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Macedonian and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Macedonian and Xhosa Speaking population
Macedonian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Macedonian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Macedonian and Xhosa Language Codes
Macedonian and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Macedonian and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.