Macedonian
Let an agent explain the Macedonian language and its dialects, relay its status, structure and history from linguistic and official sources, present disputes over its name and status neutrally with positions attributed, and route to entries for specific dialects.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Macedonian language and its dialects, relay its status, structure and history from linguistic and official sources, present disputes over its name and status neutrally with positions attributed, and route to entries for specific dialects.
A South Slavic language spoken by about 2 million people, the official language of North Macedonia, closely related to Bulgarian and part of the Eastern South Slavic dialect continuum, standardised in 1945 on central dialects such as the Prilep-Bitola dialect, with dialect groups including the Lower Polog, Central, Southwestern, Southern and Kostur dialects extending into neighbouring countries, written in a Cyrillic alphabet, and marked by a definite article suffix, loss of cases and a rich verb system; its status and name have been disputed by some neighbouring states.
What it is for: Not applicable; a language.
It can be explain the language and dialects; relay status and structure; present disputes neutrally; route to specific dialects.
Distinguishing features
Definite article suffix
Case loss
Antepenultimate stress
Contested status
What it looks like
Not a visible object; written in Macedonian Cyrillic.
Physical character
speakers: about 2 million - estimates
standardised: 1945 year
alphabet letters: 31 count
How it is recognised
Eastern South Slavic language of North Macedonia
Standard based on Prilep-Bitola; Lower Polog, Central, Southwestern, Southern and Kostur dialects
Bulgarian is the closest relative; Ancient Macedonian was an unrelated ancient language
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is closely related to - in a dialect continuum
is official in - since 1945
is written in - a Cyrillic script
In practice
Families and kinds
standard Macedonian
Western dialects including Prilep-Bitola, Lower Polog and Southwestern dialects
Central dialects
Eastern dialects
Southern dialects including Kostur and other varieties in Greece
diaspora Macedonian
Identifiers
ISO 639-1 mk
ISO 639-3 mkd
Standards and regulation
Constitution and language law of North Macedonia
1945 codification and orthographic rules
Minority language provisions in neighbouring countries
Unicode Cyrillic
Failure modes and hazards
Presenting the language and name disputes as settled
Confusing with Ancient Macedonian
Conflating dialects with the standard
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Macedonian is.
Linguistics.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Macedonian, and how is it classified within South Slavic? definition
- Is the question about the modern Slavic language, a dialect or Ancient Macedonian? boundary
Dialects
Dialects.
Dialects
Dialects.
- How do the Lower Polog, Central, Southwestern, Southern, Prilep-Bitola and Kostur dialects differ? definition
- Which entry fits the specific dialect? action
Structure Grammar and writing.
Linguistics.
Grammar
Grammar.
Grammar
Grammar.
- What are the main features of Macedonian phonology and grammar, including the article suffix and verb system? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Writing
Alphabet and standard.
Writing
Writing.
- How was the alphabet and standard codified in 1945? provenance
- Which entry fits Macedonian alphabet? action
Status Status and disputes.
Attribution.
Official
Official status.
Official
Official.
- What status does Macedonian hold in North Macedonia and as a minority language elsewhere? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Disputes
Disputes.
Disputes
Disputes.
- What positions have Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and linguists taken on the language name and status, with each attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Context History and literature.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did Macedonian develop from Old Church Slavonic dialects through Misirkov to codification? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of the Macedonian language? action
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- What are the major works of Macedonian literature and folk tradition? provenance
- Which entry fits Macedonian literature? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the dialect groups be separate entries?
- How should linguistic references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming dialects; should they be split off?