Countries
European Union, Slovenia
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovene-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
Halo
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Lahko noč
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
Dober večer
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Prosim
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
Nasvidenje
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
Ljubim te
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Resian
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Styrian
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Slovenia
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
slovène
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Slowenisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Slovenes
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
972-1093
  
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
Slovene
  
Macedonian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sl
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slv
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
slv
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
slv
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1268
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic
  
Slovene 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 Slovene and Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Macedonian language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovene vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Slovene vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene 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 Slovene and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.