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Macedonian vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
26   
16
22   
12

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
будь ласк   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Not Available   

French Name
macédonien   
ukrainien   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Southern   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Macedonian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Ukrainian language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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