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Slovene vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
25   
7
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Resian   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Slovenia   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Slovene and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Macedonian language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Macedonian Language History.

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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.

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