Countries
Macedonia
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Yemen
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Hello
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Fadlan
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Gabon, Standard Somali
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Standard Somali
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
macédonien
somali
German Name
Makedonisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Somalis
Origin
2200 BC
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Somali
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mace1250
soma1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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Macedonian and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Somali language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Somali Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.