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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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