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Serbian and Macedonian


Macedonian and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
26  
16

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

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

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
жал (žal)  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
serbe  
macédonien  

German Name
Serbisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
11th Century  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Macedonian  

Language Position
44  
99+
45  
99+

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
mac  

ISO 639 3
srp  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
srp  
mkd  

Glottocode
serb1264  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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All Serbian and Macedonian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Serbian and Macedonian dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Macedonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Macedonian Dialects are spoken in different Macedonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Macedonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian , Debar. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Macedonian Speaking population

Serbian and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Serbian and Macedonian on Serbian vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Macedonian Language Codes

Serbian and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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