Locale Mk Mk

Reference data for the Macedonian (North Macedonia) locale — endonym Македонски (Северна Македонија), written in the Cyrillic script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: mk-MK
• ISO 639-1: mk
• ISO 639-3: mkd
• Script: Cyrl (Cyrillic)
• Region: MK (North Macedonia)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 1,700,000
• L2 (additional): 1,800,000
• L1+L2 (total): 3,500,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Mk 001 (Macedonian), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

• one — v = 0 and i % 10 = 1 and i % 100 != 11 or f % 10 = 1 and f % 100 != 11 (e.g. 1, 21, 31, 41, …)
• other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Mk 001 with the conventions of North Macedonia.

• Formats: denar (ден.); dates 17.10.2026; 24-hour clock; decimal comma.
• Names: the country name in Macedonian is Северна Македонија; use official forms for institutions.
• Albanian: Albanian is also official in some municipalities (see Locale Sq 001); bilingual materials are common.

Common pitfalls

• Using the former country name in official content.
• Using Bulgarian or Serbian vocabulary.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Mk 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Unicode CLDR locale data for number, date, and currency formats (https://cldr.unicode.org)