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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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