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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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