Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Macedonia
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
жал (žal)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Greece
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Where They Speak
Italy
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Macedonia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
macédonien
German Name
Neugriechisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Macedonians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Macedonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
mace1250
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic
Greek 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 Greek and Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Macedonian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Greek vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.