Macedonian
Македонски
Macedonian shares with Bulgarian the loss of case endings and the article attached to the end of the word, features common to the Balkan area. Its written standard is among the most recent in Europe: it was settled in 1945. Two letters are its own, ѓ and ќ, which tell it apart from the other Cyrillic alphabets at a glance.
- Family
- South Slavic
- Script
- Cyrillic
- Speakers
- ≈ 2 million
- Where
- North Macedonia
- In the game
- Rare language
How to spot it
Two unique letters: ѓ and ќ. Like Bulgarian, no cases, but without the ъ.
A few sentences
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Мојата мајка готви многу вкусна храна.
My mother cooks very tasty food.
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Утре имам состанок во десет часот.
Tomorrow I have a meeting at ten o’clock.
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Заборавив да купам леб.
I forgot to buy bread.
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Утре имаме гости.
We have guests coming tomorrow.
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Денес има многу луѓе на плоштадот.
There are a lot of people in the square today.