Countries
Macedonia
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
sorry
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
macédonien
  
somali
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Somalis
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available