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Macedonian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
26   
16
21   
11

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)   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
günaydın   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
lütfen   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Debar   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

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

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
macédonien   
turc   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Turkish   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Turkic   

Branch
Southern   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
tur   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Synthetic   

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Macedonian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Turkish language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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