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Turkish vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
günaydın   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
lütfen   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
жал (žal)   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
turc   
macédonien   

German Name
Türkisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Slavic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Macedonian   

Language Position
19   
17
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
mac   

ISO 639 3
tur   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic   

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Turkish and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Macedonian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Macedonian Language History.

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Turkish 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 Turkish and Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Macedonian language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Turkish vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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