Macedonian language

Macedonian
македонски makedonski
Pronunciation	[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Native to	Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria,Greece, Romania, Serbia, Macedonian diaspora
Region	Balkans
Ethnicity	Macedonians
Native speakers	(1.4–2.5 million cited 1986–2011)
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Eastern South Slavic Macedonian
Dialects	Macedonian dialects
Writing system	Cyrillic (Macedonian alphabet) Macedonian Braille
Official status
Official language in	Macedonia
Recognised minority language in	Albania  Romania  Serbia
Regulated by	Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov" at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
Language codes
ISO 639-1	mk
ISO 639-2	(B)  (T)
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	mace1250
Linguasphere	53-AAA-ha (part of 53-AAA-h)
The Macedonian-speaking world:   regions where Macedonian is the language of the majority   regions where Macedonian is the language of a significant minority
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Dialect divisions of Macedonian
Northern   Lower Polog   Crna Gora   Kumanovo / Kratovo Western   Central   Upper Polog   Reka   Mala Reka / Galičnik   Debar   Drimkol / Golo Brdo   Vevčani / Radožda   Upper Prespa / Ohrid   Lower Prespa	Eastern   Mariovo / Tikveš   Štip / Strumica   Maleševo / Pirin Southern   Korča   Kostur   Nestram   Solun / Voden   Ser / Drama

Macedonian (/ˌmæsᵻˈdoʊniən/; македонски, tr. makedonski, pronounced [maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]) is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by around two million people, principally in the Republic of Macedonia and the Macedonian diaspora, with a smaller number of speakers throughout the transnational region of Macedonia. It is the official language of the Republic of Macedonia and a recognized minority language in parts of Albania, Romania and Serbia.

Standard Macedonian was implemented as the official language of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia in 1945 and has since developed a modern literature. Most of the codification was formalized during the same period.

Macedonian dialects form a continuum with Bulgarian dialects; they in turn form a broader continuum with Serbo-Croatian through the transitional Torlakian dialects.