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Macedonian

A language of Macedonia

ISO 639-3: mkd

Population  1,390,000 in Macedonia (1986). Population total all countries: 2,113,170.
Region  North: Kumanovo-Kratovo region; Southeast: Gevgelija, Strumica, and Lake Dojran areas; West: Veles, Prilep, Kichevo, Bitola region, and Debar-Galchnik region. Also in Albania, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Greece, Serbia, Slovenia, United States.
Language map  Greece and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Alternate names   Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Dialects  Northern Macedonian, Southeastern Macedonian, Western Macedonian. Standard dialect recognized in 1944.
Classification  Indo-European, Slavic, South, Eastern
Language use  National language. Sociopolitical attitudes are strong: called ‘Slavic’ in Greece, considered a dialect of Bulgarian [bul] by some in Bulgaria.
Language development  Newspapers. Radio programs. Grammar. Bible: 1990.
Writing system  Cyrillic script, used since 1944.

Also spoken in:

Albania

Language name   Macedonian
Population  150,000 in Albania.
Alternate names  Macedonian Slavic, Slavic
Comments  Called ‘Slavic’ in Greece.
 

Bulgaria

Language name   Macedonian
Population  150,000 in Bulgaria.
Region  Pirin region, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border.
Comments  Some in Pirin Region claim Macedonian as L1 (1998 W. Brown).
 

Greece

Language name   Slavic
Population  250,000 in Greece (2007 Boskov).
Region  Macedonia region, Florina, north Kastoria and Thessalonica prefectures.
Language map  Greece and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Alternate names  Macedonian, Macedonian Slavic
Language use  Religion, education. Also use Greek [ell].
Comments  Called ‘Slavic’ in Greece, where ‘Macedonian’ refers only to people living in Macedonia, a region in Greece.
 

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Academic Publications

HAGBERG, Lawrence R., author. 2006. An autosegmental theory of stress.  Available online