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Russian and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian 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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
26  
16
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Cyrillic  

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)  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Debar  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Olonets  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Novgorod  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
Not Available  
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
110.00 million  
7

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

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Russki  

French Name
macédonien  
russe  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Russians  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Southern  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
Not Available  
7  
7

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
rus  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
rus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
53-AAA-ea  

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 Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Macedonian and Russian Speaking population

Macedonian and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Macedonian vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Russian Language Codes

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

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