Countries
Macedonia
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
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 in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Greece
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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