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Extinct: no
Family: Indo-European
Branch: Slavic
Continent: Europe
Country: Macedonia
 
Region: The northern dialect is in Kumanovo-Kratovo region; the southeastern dialect around Gevgelija, Strumica, and Lake Dojran; the western dialect has one subdialect in the Veles, Prilep, Kichevo, and Bitola region, and another in the Debar-Galchnik region. Also spoken in Albania, Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Hungary, Slovenia.
Countries Where Spoken: 1,386,000 in Macedonia (1986). Population total all countries 2,000,000 (1999 WA). Albania, Bulgaria, Greece.
Countries Where Official: Macedonia
   
Native Speakers: 2,000,000
Speakers Total: 2,000,000
  
Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 71
Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 71
Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 162
Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 479
  
Three Letter Code: MKJ
Alternative Names: MAKEDONSKI, SLAVIC, MACEDONIAN SLAVIC
Dialects:
 
Summary: The standard dialect was recognized in 1944. Sociopolitical attitudes are strong: called 'Slavic' in Greece, considered to be a dialect of Bulgarian by some in Bulgaria. National language. Grammar. Newspapers, radio programs. Bible 1990.
 

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