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Turkish vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Turkish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

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

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
lütfen  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
жал (žal)  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Torlakian  

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

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

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Debar  

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

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

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Macedonia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
2.00 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
turc  
macédonien  

German Name
Türkisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Slavic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Macedonian  

Language Position
19  
17
45  
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
mac  

ISO 639 3
tur  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
tur  
mkd  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic  

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Turkish and Macedonian Language History

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

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

Turkish vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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