Macedonian
South Slavic language mostly spoken in North Macedonia
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Summary
Macedonian is a language[1]. Macedonian ranks in the top 0.43% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,001 views/month, #24 of 5,611).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Kosovo[3], North Macedonia[4], Albania[5], Greece[6], Serbia[7], Bulgaria[8]
- Instance of: modern language[9]
- Subclass of: South Slavic[10]
- Writing system: Macedonian alphabet[11], Cyrillic script[12]
- Commons category: Macedonian language[13]
- Wikimedia language code: mk[14]
- Said to be the same as: Bulgarian[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Macedonian language[16]
- Language regulatory body: Krste Misirkov Institute for the Macedonian Language[17]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 2,000,000[18]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19]
- Topic has template: Template:Macedonian language[20]
- Native label: македонски јазик[21], македонски[22], македонски[23]
- Short name: makedonca[24]
- Different from: Ancient Macedonian[25]
- UNESCO language status: 1 safe[26]
- Indigenous to: North Macedonia[27], Bitola Municipality[28], Veles Municipality[29], Gevgelija Municipality[30], Debar Municipality[31], Dojran Municipality[32], Kratovo Municipality[33], Kumanovo Municipality[34], Prilep Municipality[35], Strumica Municipality[36]
- Studied by: macedonistics[37]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/MKD[38]
- Has grammatical case: nominative case[39], vocative case[40]
- Has tense: present tense[41], past tense[42], future tense[43]
- Ethnologue language status: 1 National[44]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[45], stress-timed language[46], adjective-noun[47], analytic language[48], pro-drop language[49]
Why It Matters
Macedonian has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Macedonian is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]