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Romanian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

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

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
multumesc   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Vă Rog   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
scuze   
жал (žal)   

Bye
La revedere   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

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

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
macédonien   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
1521   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Macedonian   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
mac   

ISO 639 3
ron   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic   

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Romanian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Macedonian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Macedonian Language History.

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

Romanian vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Romanian vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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