Countries
Japan
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Japan
  
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, Pacific
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
japonais
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
1185
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Macedonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Analytic
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Macedonian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Japanese vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.