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Estonian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
aitäh  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Palun  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
Vabandust  
жал (žal)  

Bye
Head aega  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Macedonia  

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
estonien  
macédonien  

German Name
Estnisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
13th century  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Slavic  

Branch
Finnic  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Macedonian  

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
mac  

ISO 639 3
est  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic  

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Estonian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Macedonian language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian and Macedonian Language History.

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

Estonian vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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