Countries
Macedonia
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
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.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Serbia
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
macédonien
  
serbe
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Serbs
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Standard Serbian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available