Afrikaans and Bulgarian
Countries
South Africa
Bulgaria, European Union
National Language
South Africa
Bulgaria
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Macedonian language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
hallo
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Dankie
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
goeie nag
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
goeie more
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
asseblief
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
jammer
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
Totsiens
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
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Bulgaria
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
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Bulgaria
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Namibia
Bulgaria
Native Name
Afrikaans
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Balgarski
French Name
afrikaans
bulgare
German Name
Afrikaans
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Bulgarian people
Origin
17th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Bulgarian
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
bulg1262
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
53-AAA-hb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Afrikaans and Bulgarian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Bulgarian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Bulgarian on Afrikaans vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Bulgarian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.