Countries
Macedonia
South Africa
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
hallo
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Dankie
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
goeie nag
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
goeie more
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
asseblief
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
-
Dialect 2
Debar
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Macedonia
-
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Namibia
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Cape Dutch
French Name
macédonien
afrikaans
German Name
Makedonisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Afrikaners
Origin
2200 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mace1250
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic
Macedonian and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Macedonian and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Afrikaans language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Macedonian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.