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Arabic vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
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, Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
26   
16

Scripts
Arabic   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
شكرا   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
من فضلك   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
آسف   
жал (žal)   

Bye
وداعا   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
أحبك   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
arabe   
macédonien   

German Name
Arabisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
512 CE   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Slavic   

Branch
North Arabic   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Macedonian   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
mac   

ISO 639 3
ara   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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Arabic and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Macedonian language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Macedonian Language History.

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

Arabic vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Arabic vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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