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Macedonian and Greek


Greek and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Armenian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
26   
16
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Cappadocian Greek   

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

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Debar   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

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

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
macédonien   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Hellenic   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
Not Available   
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
gre   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
mace1250   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Macedonian and Greek Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Macedonian and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Macedonian and Greek Speaking population

Macedonian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Macedonian and Greek on Macedonian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Greek Language Codes

Macedonian and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Macedonian and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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