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Macedonian vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
31   
13
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
26   
16
36   
26

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Macedonian and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Bulgarian language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Bulgarian Language History.

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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.

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