The vowel system of the Macedonian language consists of five phonemes (a, e i, o, u). There are 26 consonants, of which the soft ones are specific (lj, nj, kj, gj, dz, r). The accent is grammatical and constant; it falls on the antepenultimate syllable of the word. The morphological system is analytic. The is no case system, with the exception of the dative and accusative. There is a post-positional article with three forms (-ot, -ov, -on), (-ta, -va, -na), (-to, -vo, -no). All the verb tenses exist. The Macedonian orthography is phonetic. The alphabet is Cyrillic and consists of 31 letters.
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Correspondences - the Macedonian and the English phonemes

Resources

Makedoninski jazik - Christina E. Kramer
Macedonian
A Course for Beginning and Intermediate Students
Christina E. Kramer

A second edition, for self-study or classroom use
544 pp.,  28cm
62 b/w photos, 1 map
ISBN 0-299-18804-3  
Paper $44.95

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