Countries
Macedonia
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Bon dia
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
macédonien
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Macedonian and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Catalan language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Catalan Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.