"Macedonian" Language

"Macedonian" Language, official language of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). "Macedonian" is the native language of more than 1.5 million inhabitants of the republic, and it is the second language for Albanians and others. It is one of the Slavic languages and uses the Cyrillic alphabet, but because there are no clear linguistic divisions that correspond to the geopolitical divisions in the South Slavic language area, there is considerable dispute regarding recognition and classification of the Macedonian language.

Literary works have been published in "Macedonian" dialects since the end of the 18th century. The modern literary language dates only from 1944, when it was formally declared the language of Yugoslav Macedonia. It was quickly standardized in the following years. "Macedonian" and the closely related Bulgarian language share a number of features that are unique among the Slavic languages, including the loss of cases, a suffixed definite article, and a large variety of verb tenses.

Comment: It's well established from reading this extract that the so called "Macedonian" Language is a Slavic language, originated from the main Slavic languages in the end of 18th century, and is not related whatsoever with the Ancient Greek language, spoken by the Ancient Macedonians. Therefore: another FYROM lie exposed!