Countries
Macedonia
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
macédonien
  
marathe
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Southern
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available