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Macedonian vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
16  
6

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Hoy  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
Palihug  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Babay  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Boholano  

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

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Debar  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
southern Leyte  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
northern part of Leyte  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
14.50 million  
19

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
macédonien  
cebuano  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
16th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
Not Available  
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Not Available  

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Macedonian and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Cebuano language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Cebuano Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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