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Macedonian vs Persian


Persian vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
26   
16
23   
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
سلام   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
صبح به خیر   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
لطفا   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
متاسف   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Debar   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

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

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
macédonien   
persan   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Persian people   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Southern   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Persian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
per   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Synthetic   

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Macedonian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Persian language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Persian Difficulty

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

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