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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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