Countries
Macedonia
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
hej
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
god morgon
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
macédonien
  
suédois
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Southern
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Macedonian and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Swedish language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Swedish Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.