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Italian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
grazie   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
buonasera   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Per Favore   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
scusate   
жал (žal)   

Bye
arrivederci   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Torlakian   

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

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

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

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
italien   
macédonien   

German Name
Italienisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
960 BC   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Macedonian   

Language Position
27   
23
Not Available   

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
mac   

ISO 639 3
ita   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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Italian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Macedonian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Macedonian Language History.

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

Italian vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Italian vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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