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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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Russian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Macedonian language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Macedonian Language History.

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

Russian vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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