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Glottolog. None. Ancient Macedonian was the language of the ancient Macedonians which was either a dialect of Ancient Greek or a separate Hellenic language. It was spoken in the kingdom of Macedonia during the 1st millennium BC and belonged to the Indo-European language family.
t. e. The history of the Macedonian language refers to the developmental periods of current-day Macedonian, an Eastern South Slavic language spoken on the territory of North Macedonia. The Macedonian language developed during the Middle Ages from the Old Church Slavonic, the common language spoken by Slavic people. [further explanation needed]
Macedonians (ethnic group) Macedonians (Macedonian: Македонци, romanized: Makedonci [maˈkɛdɔnt͡si]) are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia in Southeast Europe. They speak Macedonian, a South Slavic language. The large majority of Macedonians identify as Eastern Orthodox Christians, who share ...
Standard Macedonian or literary Macedonian [1] ( Macedonian: книжевен македонски јазик or македонски литературен јазик) [2] is the standard variety of the Macedonian language and the official language of North Macedonia used in writing, in formal contexts, and for communication between different ...
A notable feature of Macedonian culture was the ostentatious burials reserved for its rulers. [139] The Macedonian elite built lavish tombs at the time of death rather than constructing temples during life. [139] Such traditions had been practiced throughout Greece and the central-west Balkans since the Bronze Age.
The official language of North Macedonia is Macedonian, while Albanian has co-official status. Macedonian is spoken by roughly two-thirds of the population natively, and as a second language by much of the rest of the population. Albanian is the largest minority language. There are a further five national minority languages: Turkish, Romani ...
Macedonian studies (Macedonian: Македонистика, romanized: Makedonistika) [1] is an academic discipline within Slavic studies that focuses on the comprehensive study of the Macedonian language, literature, history, and culture. [2] As part of Slavic studies, it falls within the subgroup of South Slavic languages and cultures.
The grammar of Macedonian is, in many respects, similar to that of some other Balkan languages (constituent languages of the Balkan sprachbund), especially Bulgarian. Macedonian exhibits a number of grammatical features that distinguish it from most other Slavic languages, such as the elimination of case declension, the development of a ...