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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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