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Macedonian vs Chinese


Chinese vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
24   
19

How Many Consonants
26   
16
23   
13

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

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

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Debar   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Not Available   

French Name
macédonien   
chinois   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Han   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
1250 BC   

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 Chinese   

Language Position
Not Available   
1   
1

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
chi   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Macedonian and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Chinese language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Chinese Difficulty

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

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