Macedonian – Welcome A1

Macedonian is the official and widely spoken language in the Republic of Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as opposed to the historic former region of Macedonia in Greece. The language is very closely related to Bulgarian (both are from the Slavic language family and use the Cyrillic alphabet).

Good news! If you can speak or understand Macedonian, you would also be understood in Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is quite useful because the current border runs along mountain ranges that separate the Republic of Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Kosovo and Serbia.

The folk world of Macedonians of Slavic origin, dating from the 6th century, is full of magic and superstition, beautiful female demons and dragons (Zmey or Lamya in Macedonian). Their ancient singing tradition is built around these legendary demons and heroes!