Countries
Macedonia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
жал (žal)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Чао (Čao)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Greece
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
macédonien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Makedonisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Southern
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
mace1250
gree1276
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic
Macedonian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Greek language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Greek Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.