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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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