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There is a historical controversy surrounding a Greek minority within North Macedonia, that stems from the late 19th and early 20th century Ottoman era statistical treatment of Aromanian and Slavic-speaking population groups in the area, which partially used to identify themselves as Greeks as part of the Rum millet. [7]
The Macedonian language, written using its Cyrillic alphabet, is the official language throughout the Republic of North Macedonia and in the international relations of the Republic of North Macedonia. Any other language spoken by at least 20 percent of the population is also an official language, written using its alphabet, as specified below.
North Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə), [c] officially the Republic of North Macedonia, [d] is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo [e] to the northwest and Serbia to the north. [8]
Similarly Greek nationalists claim that because the language spoken by the ancient Macedonians was Greek, the Slavic language spoken by the "Skopians" cannot be called "the Macedonian language." Greek sources generally refer to it as "the linguistic idiom of Skopje" and describe it as a corrupt and impoverished dialect of Bulgarian.
The Pella curse tablet, a text written in a distinct Doric Greek dialect, found in 1986 and dated to between mid to early 4th century BC, has been forwarded as an argument that the ancient Macedonian language was a dialect of North-Western Greek, part of the Doric dialect group. [47]
The deal includes recognition of the Macedonian language in the United Nations, noting that it is within the group of South Slavic languages, and that the citizenship of the country will be called Macedonian/citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia. Also, there is an explicit clarification that the citizens of the country are not related to ...
Ancient Macedonian, whether it was a Greek dialect [8] [9] probably of the Northwestern Doric group in particular, [10] [11] [12] as findings such as Pella curse tablet indicate, [13] or a separate Hellenic language, [14] was gradually replaced by Attic Greek; the latter came in use from the times of Philip II of Macedon and later evolved into ...
This article is about the modern South Slavic language. For the extinct Hellenic language, see Ancient Macedonian language. ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. › Macedonian македонски makedonski Pronunciation [maˈkɛdɔnski] Native to North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia Region Balkans Ethnicity Macedonians Native speakers 1.6 ...