Macedonian

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A language of Macedonia

ISO 639-3
mkd
Alternate Names
Macedonian Slavic
Autonym
македонски‎ (Makedonski), македонски јазик‎ (makedonski jazik)
User Population

1,410,000 in North Macedonia (2018). Ethnic population: 1,360,000 (2018). Total users in all countries: 1,729,740.

Location

Widespread.

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Language Status

1 (National). Statutory national language (1991, Constitution, Article 7(1)).

Classification
Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern
Dialects

Northern Macedonian, Southeastern Macedonian, Western Macedonian. Standard dialect recognized in 1944.

Typology

SVO; gender (masculine/feminine/neuter); definite article suffix; verb affixes mark person, number; passives (active, middle, passive); 26 consonant and 5 vowel phonemes; non-tonal; stress on antepenultimate syllable.

Language Use

Positive attitudes.

Language Development

Newspapers. Radio. Grammar. Bible: 1990–2006.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Macedonian
Writing

Cyrillic script [Cyrl], used since 1944.

Other Comments

Called Slavic in Greece, considered a dialect of Bulgarian [bul] by some in Bulgaria.

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