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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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