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Persian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
26   
16

Scripts
Arabic   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
لطفا   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
متاسف   
жал (žal)   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
2.50 million   
99+

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

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
persan   
macédonien   

German Name
Persisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Iranian   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Macedonian   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
mac   

ISO 639 3
pes   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic   

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Persian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Macedonian language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Persian and Macedonian Language History.

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

Persian vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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