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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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