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Macedonian vs Albanian


Albanian vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

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.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Romanian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
26   
16
29   
19

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
mirëmengjes   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
Me fal   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Debar   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Not Available   

French Name
macédonien   
albanais   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Albanians   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Standard Albanian   

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
alb   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Synthetic   

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Macedonian and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Albanian language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD. 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 Albanian Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Albanian Difficulty

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

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