Countries
Macedonia
Zimbabwe
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Mhoro
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Masikati
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Mangwanani
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
жал (žal)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Macedonia
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Macedonia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
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Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
macédonien
shona
German Name
Makedonisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
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Ethnicity
Macedonians
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Origin
2200 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Macedonian
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Language Position
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mace1250
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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Macedonian and Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Shona language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Shona Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.