Countries
Macedonia
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Not Available
  
French Name
macédonien
  
mongol
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available