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
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
buls
Glottocode
mace1250
bulg1262
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
53-AAA-hb
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.