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Russian and Macedonian


Macedonian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

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

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
26   
16

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
жал (žal)   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

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

Alternative Names
Russki   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
russe   
macédonien   

German Name
Russisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Eastern   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Macedonian   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
mac   

ISO 639 3
rus   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic   

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All Russian and Macedonian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Macedonian dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Macedonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Macedonian Dialects are spoken in different Macedonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Macedonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian , Debar. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Macedonian Speaking population

Russian and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Macedonian on Russian vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Macedonian Language Codes

Russian and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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