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Macedonian vs Slovene


Slovene vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
26  
16
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Halo  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
Hvala  

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

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
Prosim  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
Oprostite  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Debar  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Italy  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Slovenia  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
macédonien  
slovène  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
972-1093  

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  
Slovene  

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
slv  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
slv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Fusional  

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Macedonian and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Slovene language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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