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Arabic vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
2  
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
شكرا  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
من فضلك  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
آسف  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
وداعا  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
أحبك  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Balgarski  

French Name
arabe  
bulgare  

German Name
Arabisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
9th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Slavic  

Branch
North Arabic  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
25  
23
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
bul  

ISO 639 3
ara  
bul  

ISO 639 6
ara  
buls  

Glottocode
arab1395  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Arabic and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Bulgarian language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Bulgarian Language History.

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Arabic and Bulgarian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Bulgarian language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Arabic vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Bulgarian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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