Countries
Macedonia
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
macédonien
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Southern
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Macedonian and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Bulgarian language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.