Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Macedonia
  
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 in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.