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Macedonian vs Arabic


Arabic vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
26   
16
28   
18

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
صباح الخير   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
آسف   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
وداعا   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
macédonien   
arabe   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Arabs   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Semitic   

Branch
Southern   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
ara   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Macedonian and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Arabic language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. 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 Arabic Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Arabic Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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