Countries
Macedonia
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3136
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2629
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Si jeni?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
mirëdita
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
mirëmengjes
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Ju lutem
Sorry
жал (žal)
Me fal
Bye
Чао (Čao)
mirupafshim
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Më falni
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
1.503,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Italy
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
284
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million7.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Shqip
French Name
macédonien
albanais
German Name
Makedonisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Albanians
Origin
2200 BC
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Standard Albanian
Language Position
4514
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mk
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
mac
alb
ISO 639 3
mkd
sqi
ISO 639 6
mkd
sqi
Glottocode
mace1250
alba1267
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic