Countries
Macedonia
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
macédonien
  
arménien
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Armenians
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic