Countries
Macedonia
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
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
Alphabets in
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Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Debar
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Italy
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Standard Albanian
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mace1250
alba1267
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic
Macedonian and Albanian 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 Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Albanian language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Albanian Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Albanian 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 Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.