Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2531
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2026
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Hvala
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Lahko noč
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Dober večer
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Prosim
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Oprostite
жал (žal)
Bye
Nasvidenje
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Ljubim te
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
80,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Debar
Where They Speak
Italy
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Styrian
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4828
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Slovenščina
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
slovène
macédonien
German Name
Slowenisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Macedonians
Origin
972-1093
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
Slovene
Macedonian
Language Position
2845
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
slv
mac
ISO 639 3
slv
mkd
ISO 639 6
slv
mkd
Glottocode
slov1268
mace1250
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic