Macedonian is an Eastern South Slavic language, part of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European family. Spoken as a first language by around 1.7 million people, it serves as the official language of North Macedonia.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2022 estimate. Classification
Official Status Connections
Written In
Macedonian is standardly written in the Cyrillic alphabet.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Macedonian Language
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Macedonian is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the South Slavic languages, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of the Balto-Slavic branch and the larger Indo-European language family. Spoken as a first language by around 1.7 million people, it serves as the official language of North Macedonia. Most speakers can be found in the country and its diaspora, with a smaller number of speakers throughout the transnational region of Macedonia. Macedonian is also a recognized minority language in parts of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, and Serbia and it is spoken by expatriate communities predominantly in Australia, Canada, and the United States.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers
1.7 million (2022)
Infobox, Region
Southeastern Europe
Official status, Macedonian entity page
Spoken as a first language by around 1.7 million people, it serves as the official language of North Macedonia.
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