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Macedonian vs Slovak


Slovak vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
26  
16
38  
27

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
Prosím  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
Pardón!  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Debar  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
macédonien  
slovaque  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Southern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Slovak  

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
slo  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
slk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Synthetic  

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Macedonian and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Slovak language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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