As it is part of a dialect continuum with other South Slavic languages, Macedonian has a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Bulgarian and varieties of Serbo-Croatian. Linguists distinguish 29 dialects of …

Jan 7, 2026 · In 277 Antigonus II Gonatas, the capable son of Demetrius, repulsed the Galatians and was hailed as king by the Macedonian army. Under him the country achieved a stable …

Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken mainly in the Republic of North Macedonia. There are about 1.4 million speakers of Macedonian in North Macedonia, and another 99,400 in Germany, …

Free self-study course for beginners: Multimedia tutorials, exercises, games, and podcasts that integrate grammar and vocabulary with Macedonian culture. These resources represent the core of an open …

Macedonian vocabulary features a mix of native Slavic roots and loanwords from languages such as Turkish, Greek, Albanian, and, more recently, English. The language is also known for its rich set of …

Macedonians (ethnic group) ... Macedonians (Macedonian: Македонци, romanized: Makedonci [maˈkɛdɔnt͡si]) are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia in …

There remains, however, a small Macedonian minority—that is, people who have a Macedonian, not a Greek, national identity. Representatives of this minority, whose existence is not acknowledged by …

The Macedonian kings, who wielded absolute power and commanded state resources such as gold and silver, facilitated mining operations to mint currency, finance their armies and, by the reign of Philip II, …

Macedonian language, South Slavic language that is most closely related to Bulgarian and is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. Macedonian is the official language of the Republic of North Macedonia, where …

Macedonian sovereignty in the region was brought to an end at the hands of the rising power of Rome in the 2nd century BC. Philip V of Macedon took his kingdom to war against the Romans in two wars …