First printed Macedonian alphabet by Gjorgji Pulevski

[Niko777]

Also something else related to this topic....

There is NO such thing as "latinica" in the Macedonian language!

If you want to spell ЦАР using the English alphabet, then you spell it like this: "TSAR".

Tsar = King
Car = 4 wheeled vehicle that you drive in.

Yes I'm suggesting Скопје should be spelled as Skopye in English.

[Risto the Great]

Originally Posted by Niko777

There are a few things I don't agree with in the new alphabet, one of them being the removal of "Ъ".

Utterly ridiculous removing this! It amuses me when Macedonians feel so proud when they say our language is spelled phonetically.

And only a moron would think "Я" is a Bulgarian variation.

500 years of Turks has ensured "Џ" will remain.

OK, I have vented now.

[Risto the Great]

Originally Posted by Niko777

Also something else related to this topic....

There is NO such thing as "latinica" in the Macedonian language!

If you want to spell ЦАР using the English alphabet, then you spell it like this: "TSAR".

Tsar = King
Car = 4 wheeled vehicle that you drive in.

Yes I'm suggesting Скопје should be spelled as Skopye in English.

Totally agree.
It only looks normal to former Yugoslavians and a few other Euro types in my opinion.

[Soldier of Macedon]

Originally Posted by Otis Otus

А Б В Г Д Е Є Ж З И І К Л М Н О П Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ Џ Ѳ Ь Ъ Ѣ Ы Ю Ѫ Я

I would support a change in the alphabet because I am somewhat a purist. But I voted no to your poll question, because the above has some letters which were not part of the original Cyrillic alphabet developed by Macedonian educators.

Originally Posted by Vangelovski

One could argue that this version has a heavy Russian/Bulgarian influence......

It has some foreign influence but most of the letters were present in the original Cyrillic alphabet.

....why not go all the way back to the original Glagolithic or Cyrillic from the 10th century?

I think it would have been great for Macedonians to have revived the Glagolitic alphabet.

Originally Posted by Risto the Great

And only a moron would think "Я" is a Bulgarian variation.

The letter Я is a Russian variation. The original letter was Ѧ, but IA could be used (instead of JA) if the J was dropped from today's alphabet.

[Niko777]

Originally Posted by Risto the Great

500 years of Turks has ensured "Џ" will remain.

I meant taking out the letter "Џ" and spelling it out the original way which was "ДЖ"

[Vangelovski]

Originally Posted by Niko777

I meant taking out the letter "Џ" and spelling it out the original way which was "ДЖ"

That's a different sound though...isn't it?

[Niko777]

Originally Posted by Soldier of Macedon

The letter Я is a Russian variation. The original letter was Ѧ, but IA could be used (instead of JA) if the J was dropped from today's alphabet.

Exactly we don't need too many vowels like "Я", or "Ю". We can spell it out using two existing letter.

[Niko777]

Originally Posted by Vangelovski

That's a different sound though...isn't it?

Nope, before "Џ" was introduced, the same sound was spelled using "ДЖ" beside each other.

[Niko777]

This is the ideal alphabet in my opinion (Misirkov's letters in red):

А Б В Г Д Ѓ Е Ж З Ѕ И I К Л Љ М Н Њ О П Р С Т Ќ У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Ъ

I don't mind keeping Љ and Њ only because they both look exactly like their original Cyrillic predecessors ЛЬ and НЬ.

[Daskalot]

Originally Posted by Otis Otus

Macedonians used most of these letters before 1944. I don't mind the current alphabet, I was just wondering which one people like most.

Welcome Otis Otus, regarding the change of alphabet I do not think it is a good idea due to the fact that it would create a lot of confusion.