Countries
Countries
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
31
Rank: 13 (Overall)
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
26
Rank: 16 (Overall)
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
жал (žal)
Bye
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
1.50
Rank: 90 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Where They Speak
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
Rank: 55 (Overall)
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00
Rank: 47 (Overall)
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
28
Rank: 23 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
Rank: 78 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %
Rank: 59 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million
Rank: 75 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
Rank: 57 (Overall)
0.01
400
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Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
macédonien
German Name
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
History
Origin
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Branch
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Language Position
45
Rank: 42 (Overall)
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
mac
ISO 639 3
mkd
ISO 639 6
mkd
Glottocode
mace1250
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic