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Macedonian and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
26  
16

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
жал (žal)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Wu  
Debar  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
2.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
chinois  
macédonien  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Macedonian  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
mac  

ISO 639 3
zho  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic  

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All Chinese and Macedonian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Macedonian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Macedonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Macedonian Dialects are spoken in different Macedonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Macedonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian , Debar. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Macedonian Speaking population

Chinese and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Macedonian on Chinese vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Macedonian Language Codes

Chinese and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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