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Macedonian

Macedonian

Summary

Macedonian is natively spoken by about 1.4 million people, primarily in North Macedonia, where it is the official language, and among Macedonian communities in Bulgaria, Greece, and the diaspora. It is integral to Macedonian cultural identity, known for its rich tradition of folklore, music, and poetry. Written in the Cyrillic alphabet, Macedonian grammar features a subject-verb-object (SVO) word order, noun cases, and verb conjugations that denote tense, aspect, and mood.

Stats

  • Language Family: Indo-European

  • Writing System: Cyrillic

  • Writing System Type: Alphabet

  • Writing Direction: L to R

  • Tones / Pitch Accent: N

  • Morphology: Partially Analytic

  • Cases: 6

  • Grammatical Gender / Noun Class: 3

  • Number of Verb Tenses: 3

  • Word Order: SVO

  • Number of Vowels (Monophthongs): 5

  • Number of Consonants: 26

Areas Where Spoken

  • North Macedonia (official) (66.5%) (1.37 mil)

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