Languages Spoken In Macedonia
Languages spoken in 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.