Countries
Macedonia
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Middle East
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2629
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Silaw
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Sipas
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Bayanit bash
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
жал (žal)
Bibûre
Bye
Чао (Čao)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
1.5020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
283
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
macédonien
kurde
German Name
Makedonisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Kurds
Origin
2200 BC
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southern
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Kurdish
Language Position
4514
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
mk
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
kur
ISO 639 2/B
mac
kur
ISO 639 3
mkd
kur
ISO 639 6
mkd
kur
Glottocode
mace1250
kurd1259
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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