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Macedonian Language



Countries

Countries
Macedonia

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

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
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Alphabets
31 13

Phonology

How Many Vowels
5 2

How Many Consonants
26 16

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille

Writing Direction
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

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 90

Dialect 2
Debar

Where They Speak
Macedonia

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00 55

Dialect 3
Galičnik

Where They Speak
Macedonia

How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00 47

Total No. Of Dialects
28 23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million 78

Speaking Population
0.05 % 59

Native Speakers
2.50 million 75

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million 57

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 42

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

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Origin of Macedonian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Macedonian language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Macedonian language states that it was put to use in 2200 BC. The history of Macedonian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Macedonian Language History. Macedonian has no early forms. Macedonian is the standard form of Macedonian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Macedonian Language.

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Macedonian population

Macedonian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Macedonian language. Macedonian language is spoken by 2.50 million people in the world. Most of the Macedonian population lies in the Macedonian Speaking Countries. Macedonian language is spoken as first language by 2.50 million people and as second language by about 2.00 million people. Get to know Macedonian speaking population in detail.

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Macedonian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Macedonian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Macedonian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille script is used by Macedonian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Macedonian language

Check out all the information about Macedonian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Macedonian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Macedonian Speaking Countries, Macedonian speaking continents and Macedonian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Macedonian countries knowing common Macedonian Greetings will help you in communicating with Macedonian people.

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