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Serbian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
26   
16

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

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

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
жал (žal)   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
serbe   
macédonien   

German Name
Serbisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
11th Century   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Macedonian   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
mac   

ISO 639 3
srp   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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Serbian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Macedonian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Macedonian Language History.

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

Serbian vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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