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Macedonian vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
26   
16
39   
28

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
Kali laska   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
North-East Belarus   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
South-West Belarus   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Middle Belarus   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
macédonien   
biélorusse   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
18th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Southern   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Belarusian   

Language Position
Not Available   
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
bel   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
bel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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Macedonian and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Belarusian language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Belarusian Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Belarusian 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 Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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