Language code: mac

Technical information about ISO 639 language code mac

The table below provides technical details for the Macedonian language, designated by the mac code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

mac (Bibliographic)

Name

Official

Macedonian

Native

Македонски

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Western MacedonianEastern Macedonian
Related languages
BulgarianSerbianBosnianCroatian
Key facts
Standard Macedonian was codified in 1945 using a modified Cyrillic alphabetThe language marks definiteness with three post-posed articles that indicate spatial proximityMacedonian nouns have lost almost all case endings, keeping mainly the vocativeIt has no infinitive form, using the particle “да” plus a finite verb insteadCenturies of Ottoman rule left a large layer of Turkish loanwords in everyday speech
Sample phrase

Здраво, како си?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Macedonian language, identified by the code mac, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

The ISO 639-2 standard offers two codes for the Macedonian language: mac for bibliographic purposes and mkd for terminology uses.

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