Languages spoken in Macedonia – North Macedonia are:

Macedonian (official)

Albanian

Turkish

Romani

Serbian

The orthography of Macedonian language includes an alphabet (Macedonian: Македонска азбука, Makedonska azbuka), which is an adaptation of the Cyrillic script, as well as language-specific conventions of spelling and punctuation.

The following table provides the upper and lower case forms of the Macedonian alphabet, along with the IPA value for each letter:

Letter
IPA
Name
А а
/a/
/a/
Б б
/b/
/bə/
В в
/v/
/və/
Г г
/ɡ/
/ɡə/
Д д
/d/
/də/
Ѓ ѓ
/ɟ/
/ɟə/
Е е
/ɛ/
/ɛ/
Ж ж
/ʒ/
/ʒə/
З з
/z/
/zə/
Ѕ ѕ
/d͡z/
/d͡zə/
И и
/i/
/i/
Letter
IPA
Name
Ј ј
/j/
/jə/
К к
/k/
/kə/
Л л
/ɫ/ ([ɫ], [l])
/ɫə/
Љ љ
/l/
/lə/
М м
/m/
/mə/
Н н
/n/
/nə/
Њ њ
/ɲ/
/ɲə/
О о
/ɔ/
/ɔ/
П п
/p/
/pə/
Р р
/r/
/rə/
С с
/s/
/sə/
Letter
IPA
Name
Т т
/t/
/tə/
Ќ ќ
/c/
/cə/
У у
/u/
/u/
Ф ф
/f/
/fə/
Х х
/x/
/xə/
Ц ц
/t͡s/
/t͡sə/
Ч ч
/t͡ʃ/
/t͡ʃə/
Џ џ
/d͡ʒ/
/d͡ʒə/
Ш ш
/ʃ/
/ʃə/

 

Minority languages are co-official with Macedonian in municipalities where they are spoken by at least 20% of the population; Albanian is co-official in Tetovo, Brvenica, Vrapciste, and other municipalities; Turkish is co-official in Centar Zupa and Plasnica; Romani is co-official in Suto Orizari; Aromanian is co-official in Drusevo; Serbian is co-official in Cucer Sandevo.

English is widely spoken, especially by youth. English is also taught at schools starting from primary education.