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Macedonian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Turkey  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
26  
16
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
günaydın  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
lütfen  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Debar  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
2,100,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
macédonien  
turc  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Turkish  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Turkic  

Branch
Southern  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
45  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
tur  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
tur  

ISO 639 6
mkd  
tur  

Glottocode
mace1250  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Synthetic  

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Macedonian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Turkish language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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