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Belarusian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Belarus, Gambia   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

Second Language
Poland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish 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
Russian and Ukrainian   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
39   
28
26   
16

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Dziakuj   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Jak vy ?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Dabranač   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Dobry viečar   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Kali laska   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Vybačajcie   
жал (žal)   

Bye
da pabačennia   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Debar   

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million   
26
Not Available   

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
biélorusse   
macédonien   

German Name
Weißrussisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Belarusians   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
18th century   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Eastern   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Belarusian   
Macedonian   

Language Position
79   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
be   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
bel   
mac   

ISO 639 3
bel   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bela1254   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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Belarusian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Macedonian language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century 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 Belarusian and Macedonian Language History.

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

Belarusian vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Belarusian vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian 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 Belarusian and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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