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German vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
26   
16
9   
1

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
hallo   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
Danke   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
guten Morgen   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
bitte   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Swiss German   

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

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Debar   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

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

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
macédonien   
allemand   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Germans   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Southern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
ger   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
mace1250   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Macedonian and German Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and German language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German Language History.

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

Macedonian vs German Difficulty

The Macedonian vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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