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Macedonian vs Estonian


Estonian vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Estonia, Gambia   

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   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Finnish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
26   
16
18   
8

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Tere   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
Palun   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
Vabandust   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
Head aega   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Eesti keel   

French Name
macédonien   
estonien   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Estonians   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Southern   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Estonian   

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
est   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Agglutinative   

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Macedonian and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Estonian language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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