Countries
Macedonia
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
France, Spain
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Egun on
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
France
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
macédonien
  
basque
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Basque people
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Agglutinative
  
Macedonian and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Basque language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Basque Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.