MACEDONIAN
Macedonian is a South Slavic language, the official language of the Republic of Macedonia.  Historically, geographic Macedonia also included areas of Bulgaria and Greece and some villages in Albania.  The use of the Macedonian language is currently forbidden or restricted in some of those countries.  Although Macedonia has a long cultural and literary tradition, it was not until the twentieth century, in 1944, that the Macedonian literary language was codified.

The University of Toronto is one of the very few universities in North America and the only one in Canada to offer courses in the Macedonian literary language.  Students with no background in Slavic languages are welcome, as are those who have knowledge of Macedonian but do not know the literary language.  Students of Slavic languages will find the study of Macedonian of great interest since, while related to other, more frequently studied languages, it is quite different syntactically, for example, in its loss of cases, lack of an infinitive, and the preservation of numerous verbal tenses.

Macedonian Courses

SLA 109Y - Elementary Macedonian
Hours: 4 Hours per week
Course Description: Students acquire basic reading and conversational skills through classroom work and multimedia drills in the language lab.  Open only to students with little or no knowledge of the literary language.

SLA 209Y - Intermediate Macedonian
Hours: 4 Hours per week
Prerequisite: SLA 109Y
Course Description:  Students acquire more advanced reading, speaking and listening comprehension skills of Macedonian texts through reading, conversation, film, and internet.  (Offered in alternate years)