Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Macedonia
National Language
Sweden
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
hej
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
tacka dig
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
hur mår du
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
godnatt
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
god kväll
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
god morgon
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
vänligen
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
I Love You
jag älskar dig
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Dialects
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Gabon
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Where They Speak
Georgia
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Dialects
Galičnik
Where They Speak
France
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Svenska
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
suédois
macédonien
German Name
Schwedisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Macedonians
Origin
13th Century
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Southern
Early Forms
Old Swedish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Macedonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swed1254
mace1250
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
Swedish 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 Swedish and Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Macedonian language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Swedish vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.