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Macedonian vs Armenian


Armenian vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Greek  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
26  
16
32  
22

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Armenian manuscript  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Debar  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
macédonien  
arménien  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Armenians  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Southern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
45  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
arm  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
hye  

ISO 639 6
mkd  
hye  

Glottocode
mace1250  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Macedonian and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Armenian language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Macedonian and Armenian Language History.

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Macedonian and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Armenian language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Macedonian vs Armenian Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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