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Macedonian vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
China, Guangdong   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
26   
16
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
您好   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
你好吗?   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
晚安   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
下午好   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
早上好   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
请   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
遗憾   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
再见   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
outside mainland China   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
macédonien   
Not Available   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Standard Cantonese   

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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Macedonian and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Cantonese language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Cantonese Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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