Countries
Macedonia
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
macédonien
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Southern
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Slovak
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Synthetic