Countries
South Africa
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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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
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3230
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
156
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1736
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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
-
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
-
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Namibia
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
7.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
358
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million9.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Subgroup
Germanic
Slavic
Branch
Western
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
2388
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
bul
ISO 639 2/B
afr
bul
ISO 639 3
afr
bul
ISO 639 6
afrs
buls
Glottocode
afri1274
bulg1262
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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