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==Description==
*The official language of North Macedonia is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_language '''Macedonian''']. It is spoken by roughly two-thirds of the population natively, and as a second language by much of the rest of the population.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_language '''Albanian'''] has co-official status. It is the largest minority language.
*There are a further five national minority languages:
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_language '''Turkish''']
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_language '''Romani''']
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_language '''Serbian''']
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_language '''Bosnian''']
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromanian_language '''Aromanian''']
The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_Sign_Language '''Macedonian Sign Language'''] is the country's official sign language. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of North Macedonia," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_North_Macedonia, accessed 11 April 2022.</ref>


The Macedonian language belongs to the group of southern Slavic languages including Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian, and Bulgarian.  It is most closely related to Bulgarian.  There are two main dialects–West Macedonian and East Macedonian.  It is written in the Cyrillic script.  Christian Church records are in Church Slavonic, a liturgical language related to Macedonian and written in an old version of the Cyrillic script.  Official records such as census records until 1912 are in Ottoman Turkish (Arabic script).<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Macedonia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1998.</ref>
==Word List(s)==
'''Macedonian'''


==Internet Resources==
*[http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/AncientMacedonia/shea2.html Ancient Macedonian Language]
*[http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/AncientMacedonia/shea2.html Ancient Macedonian Language]
*[http://www.makedonija.info/language.html Macedonia for Macedonians]
*[http://www.makedonija.info/language.html Macedonia for Macedonians]
*[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/macedonian.htm Macedonian language, alphabet, and pronunciation]
*[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/macedonian.htm Macedonian language, alphabet, and pronunciation]
*[http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_mk.pdf Macedonian language (pdf)]
*[http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/rom1_mk.pdf Macedonian language (pdf)]
'''Albanian'''
'''Turkish'''
'''Romani'''
'''Serbian'''
'''Bosnian'''
'''Aromanian'''
==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
'''Macedonian'''
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_alphabet Macedonian Alphabet (Wikipedia)]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_phonology Macedonian Phonology (Wikipedia)]
'''Albanian'''
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_language#Phonology Albanian Phonology (Wikipedia)]
'''Turkish'''
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_phonology Turkish Phonology (Wikipedia)]
'''Romani'''
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_language#Phonology Romani Phonology (Wikipedia)]
'''Serbian'''
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_language#Grammar Serbian Grammar (Wikipedia)]
'''Bosnian'''
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_language#Alphabet Bosnian Alphabet (Wikipedia)]
'''Aromanian'''
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromanian_language#Phonology Aromanian Phonology (Wikipedia)]
==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
==Additional Resources==


== References  ==
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