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Chinese vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs 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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Chinese and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Macedonian language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Macedonian Language History.

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

Chinese vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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