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Macedonian vs Armenian


Armenian vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Greek   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
26   
16
32   
22

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Armenian manuscript   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Not Applicable   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
6.00 million   
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
macédonien   
arménien   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Armenians   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
late 5th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
arm   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Macedonian and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Armenian language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th 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 Armenian Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Armenian Difficulty

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

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