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This article is about the modern South Slavic language. For the extinct Hellenic language, see Ancient Macedonian language. Macedonian македонски makedonski Pronunciation [maˈkɛdɔnski] Native to North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia Region Balkans Ethnicity Macedonians Native speakers 1.6-2 million (2022) Language family Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic ...
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.
Macedonian is the native language of 70% of all inhabitants of the country. [4] In addition to the Macedonian population, ethnic Albanians, Serbians, Romani, Turkish and Aromanians speak the language to various degrees as secondary speakers. [5] [6] [7] American linguist Victor Friedman estimated there were 3.5 million speakers in 2001. [6]
Dialect experts of the Bulgarian language refer to the Macedonian language as македонска езикова форма i.e. Macedonian linguistic norm of the Bulgarian language. [68] In 1999 the government in Sofia signed a Joint Declaration in the official languages of the two countries, marking the first time it agreed to sign a ...
Spoken Macedonian [1] (Macedonian: разговорен македонски јазик) is the spoken variety of the standard Macedonian language. Spoken Macedonian can also refer to the spoken, colloquial register of a local dialect.
The opposition protested against the deal, arguing that it should include a requirement that Bulgaria recognise the Macedonian language. Bulgarians and ethnic Macedonians speak similar languages ...
However, many Macedonians who apply for Bulgarian citizenship as Bulgarians by origin, [222] have few ties with Bulgaria. [223] Further, those applying for Bulgarian citizenship usually say they do so to gain access to member states of the European Union rather than to assert Bulgarian identity. [224] This phenomenon is called placebo identity ...
Macedonian language, a modern South Slavic language spoken by ethnic Macedonians Ancient Macedonian language , an extinct language, related to the ancient Greek language Macedonian dialect, one of the varieties of Modern Greek , spoken in the region of Macedonia in Greece