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German and Macedonian


Macedonian and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

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

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Danke   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
bitte   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
жал (žal)   

Bye
Tschüs   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Torlakian   

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

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

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
allemand   
macédonien   

German Name
Deutsch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Macedonian   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
mac   

ISO 639 3
deu   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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

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German and Macedonian Speaking population

German and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of German and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Macedonian on German vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Macedonian Language Codes

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

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