Countries
Macedonia
  
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
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.
  
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Malayalam
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Tamil
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Kongu
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Kongu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Madurai Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
70.00 million
  
15
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
8.00 million
  
24
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
தமிழ்
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
French Name
macédonien
  
tamoul
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Tamil
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
300 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Modern Tamil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Signed Tamil
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
ta
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
tam
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
tam
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
tam
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
tam
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
tami1289, oldt1248
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
tami1289
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Macedonian and Tamil 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 Tamil greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Tamil language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Tamil word for "Thank You" is நன்றி (Naṉṟi). Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Tamil Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Tamil Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Tamil difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Tamil 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 Tamil are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Tamil, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Tamil time required is 44 weeks.