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Macedonian vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
26   
16
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
hallo   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
goeie more   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
asseblief   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
jammer   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
Not Available   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

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

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
macédonien   
afrikaans   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Southern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
afr   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
mace1250   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Analytic   

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Macedonian and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Afrikaans language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Macedonian and Afrikaans Language History.

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Macedonian and Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Afrikaans language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Macedonian vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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