Countries
Macedonia
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
bye
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Debar
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
macédonien
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Southern
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Macedonian and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Zulu language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Zulu Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.