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Slovak vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
38   
27
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Prosím   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Pardón!   
жал (žal)   

Bye
Dovidenia   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

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

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
slovaque   
macédonien   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
6th Century   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
Macedonian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
mac   

ISO 639 3
slk   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1269   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic   

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Slovak and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Macedonian language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak and Macedonian Language History.

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

Slovak vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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