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Japanese vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
99  
40
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
26  
16

Scripts
Kana  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Torlakian  

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

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Macedonia  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
2.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
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  

History

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
8  
8
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Japanese and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Macedonian language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Macedonian Language History.

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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.

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