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Georgian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • 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
Anatolian Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
26  
16

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
жал (žal)  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Macedonia  

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
géorgien  
macédonien  

German Name
Georgisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
5th Century  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Macedonian  

Language Position
120  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
mac  

ISO 639 3
kat  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Analytic  

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Georgian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Macedonian language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th 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 Georgian and Macedonian Language History.

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

Georgian vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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