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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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