Countries
Macedonia
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3162
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2660
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
амритана
Sorry
жал (žal)
Амарахь
Bye
Чао (Čao)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
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Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
1.50106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Sadz
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
283
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
macédonien
abkhaze
German Name
Makedonisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Abkhaz people
Origin
2200 BC
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Southern
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Abkhaz
Language Position
4528
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mk
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
abk
ISO 639 2/B
mac
abk
ISO 639 3
mkd
abk
ISO 639 6
mkd
abks
Glottocode
mace1250
abkh1244
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative