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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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