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Macedonian vs Japanese


Japanese vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Palau  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
14  
4

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Sanuki  

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

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Debar  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Not Available  

French Name
macédonien  
japonais  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Macedonian and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Japanese language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Japanese Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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