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Macedonian vs English


English vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
26   
16
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Hello   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
How are you?   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Good Morning   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
Please   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
Sorry   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
Bye   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
American English   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Debar   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

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

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Not Available   

French Name
macédonien   
anglais   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
eng   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
mace1250   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Macedonian and English Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and English language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Macedonian vs English Difficulty

The Macedonian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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