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Croatian and Macedonian


Macedonian and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
1   
14

National Language
Austria   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
hvala   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
kako si   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
laku noć   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
molim   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
жал (žal)   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Volim te   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
croate   
macédonien   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
9th century   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Macedonian   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
mac   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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All Croatian 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 Croatian and Macedonian dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Macedonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Macedonian Dialects are spoken in different Macedonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Macedonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian , Debar. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Croatian and Macedonian Speaking population

Croatian and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Macedonian on Croatian vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Macedonian Language Codes

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

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