The main language spoken in Kruševo is Macedonian. However, Kruševo is also the only city in North Macedonia where the Vlach language has official status alongside Macedonian at the local level.
The Vlachs are an ethnic group in the Balkans who have their own language, called Vlach, also known as Aromanian. Vlach is a Romance language and is most closely related to Romanian, whereas Macedonian is a Slavic language, like Russian and Serbian. So, the two languages are completely different!
Kruševo is one of the few places in the world with a significant Vlach population. Nowadays, Vlachs in Kruševo can also speak Macedonian, which is the main language spoken around town. However, many still speak Vlach at home and with one another.
As for me, I don't know any Vlach. But I can speak a little bit of Macedonian, because I had to study it for 3 months during training. I still have Macedonian lessons with my teacher online twice a week!
Like other slavic languages Macedonian uses the Cyrillic script but with a few fewer letters than some other Slavic languages like Russian, for example. The Macedonian alpabet has 31 letters. They are:
