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Macedonian

Macedonian is an Eastern South Slavic language spoken primarily in North Macedonia, with close ties to Bulgarian and Serbian. It plays a significant role in the region’s culture and communication.

  • Classification

    Indo-European > Slavic

  • Speakers

    1.2 million

  • Script

    Cyrillic

  • Text direction

    Left-to-right

  • Official language

    Macedonia

  • Also spoken

    Albania

Macedonian

Macedonian is a member of the South Eastern Slavic language family. It is spoken in Macedonia and is an official language of the European Union. Other languages in this group include Belarussian, Russian and Ukrainian to name but a few. About third of Macedonian speakers live outside Macedonia.

Macedonian has been influenced by Serbo-Croatian as most Macedonians learned the language when Macedonia was part of the former Yugoslavia. Macedonian uses an alphabet that was developed in the mid-20th century having previously used the Cyrillic Alphabet.

It is mutually intelligible with Bulgarian. In Bulgaria, it’s considered a dialect of Bulgarian, and in Greece it’s considered a dialect of Greek – in both countries publications in Macedonian are forbidden.

At Geo Language Services, we offer Luxembourgish translations that are not only accurate but culturally resonant, helping you connect with Luxembourgish-speaking individuals both locally and in the international context.

Services offered for this language

Translation / Transcreation / Subtitling / Localization / Adaptation / Copywriting / Authoring / Proofreading / Revision / Editing / Translation quality assurance / Terminology / Linguistic validation / Glossary creation / Dubbing / Voice-overs / Transcription / Typesetting / Simultaneous interpreting / Consecutive interpreting / Conference interpreting / Telephone interpreting / Public service interpreting / Interpreting equipment hire / Foreign language consulting

Interesting fact

"Na neroden Petko kapa mu skroile” is a Macedonian proverb meaning “they sewed a hat to Peter who is not born yet”; the English equivalent would be “don’t count your chickens before they hatch”.

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