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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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