Countries
Macedonia
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Abkhazia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Abkhazia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Caucasus
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
0.13 million
  
99+
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
macédonien
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Abkhaz
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Agglutinative
  
Macedonian and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Macedonian and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Abkhaz language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Macedonian and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.