This article is about the history of the Slavic language. For the history of the non-Slavic language spoken in the ancient world, see Ancient Macedonian language.
South Slavic languages and dialects
Western South Slavic
Serbo-Croatian
Standard languages
Bosnian
Croatian
Montenegrin
Serbian (Slavonic-Serbian)
Dialects
Shtokavian
(Younger Ikavian
Bunjevac
Slavonian
Šokac
Dubrovnik
Eastern Herzegovinian
Užice
Zeta–Raška
Kosovo–Resava (Smederevo–Vršac)
Šumadija–Vojvodina
Prizren–Timok (Prizren–South Morava
Gorani
Janjevo–Letnica
Svrljig–Zaplanje
Timok–Lužnica))
Chakavian
(Burgenland
Molise)
Kajkavian
Torlakian
(Prizren–South Morava
Gorani
Janjevo–Letnica
Svrljig–Zaplanje
Timok–Lužnica)
Accents
Ekavian
Ijekavian
Ikavian
Comparison of standard Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian
Slovene
Dialects
(Prekmurje Slovene
Resian)
Eastern South Slavic
Church Slavonic (Old)
Bulgarian
Dialects
Banat
Torlakian
Meshterski
Macedonian
Dialects
(Western
Southeastern
Northern
Torlakian)
Spoken Macedonian
Standard Macedonian
Transitional dialects
Serbian–Bulgarian–Macedonian
Transitional Bulgarian dialects
Torlakian
Gorani
Croatian–Slovenian
Kajkavian
Bulgarian–Macedonian
Slavic dialects of Greece
Alphabets
Modern
Gaj's Latina
Serbian Cyrillic
Bulgarian Cyrillic
Macedonian Cyrillic
Montenegrin
Slovene
Historical
Bohoričica
Dajnčica
Metelčica
Arebica
Bosnian Cyrillic
Glagolitic
Early Cyrillic
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The history of the Macedonian language refers to the developmental periods of current-day Macedonian, an Eastern South Slavic language spoken on the territory of North Macedonia. The Macedonian language developed during the Middle Ages from the Old Church Slavonic, the common language spoken by Slavic people.[further explanation needed]
In 1903 Krste Petkov Misirkov was the first to argue for the codification of a standard literary Macedonian language in his book Za makedonckite raboti (On Macedonian Matters). Standard Macedonian was formally proclaimed an official language on 2 August 1944 by the Anti-Fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM). Its codification followed in the year after.
According to Macedonian scholars, the history of the Macedonian language can be divided into nine developmental stages.[1][2] Blaže Koneski distinguishes two different periods in the development of the Macedonian language, namely, old from the 12th to the 15th century and modern after the 15th century.[3] According to the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU), the development of the Macedonian language involved two different scripts, namely the Glagolitic and Cyrillic scripts.[4]
^Spasov, Ljudmil (2007). "Периодизација на историјата на македонскиот писмен јазик и неговата стандардизација во дваесеттиот век" [Periodization of the history of the Macedonian literary language and its standardization in the twentieth century]. Filološki Studii (in Macedonian). 5 (1). Skopje: St. Cyril and Methodius University: 229–235. ISSN 1857-6060.
^Koneski, Blazhe (1967). Историја на македонскиот јазик [History of the Macedonian Language] (in Macedonian). Skopje: Kultura.
^Friedman 2001, p. 435
^"Повелба за македонскиот јазик" [Charter for the Macedonian language] (PDF) (in Macedonian). Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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