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Name:
Ancient Macedonian
Alternate Name:
Macedonian
Code:
xmk
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Hellenic; Greek; Hellenische Gruppe; greichisch (hell)
Brief Description:
The ancient language of the Macedonian kingdom in N. Greece and modern Macedonia during the later 1st millennium BC. Survived until the early 1st millennium AD. Not to be confused with the modern Macedonian language, which is a close relative of the Slavic Bulgarian.
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Ancient Macedonian
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