Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Macedonia
National Language
Somalia
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Afar and Oromo Language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Evening Good
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Fadlan
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Macedonia
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Macedonia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
somali
macédonien
German Name
Somali
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Macedonians
Origin
19th century
2200 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Macedonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
mace1250
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
Somali and Macedonian 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 Somali and Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Macedonian language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Somali vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Somali and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.