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Macedonian vs Serbian


Serbian vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

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

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Prizren-Timok  

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

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Debar  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Torlakian  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Montenegrin  

French Name
macédonien  
serbe  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Serbs  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
Not Available  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
srp  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Not Available  

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Macedonian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Serbian language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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