Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3062
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
62
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3660
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Моля (Molja)
амритана
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Амарахь
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
-
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Sadz
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Turkey
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
583
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.80 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.21 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.80 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
9.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
bulgare
abkhaze
German Name
Bulgarisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Abkhaz people
Origin
9th Century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Abkhaz
Language Position
8828
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
abk
ISO 639 2/B
bul
abk
ISO 639 3
bul
abk
ISO 639 6
buls
abks
Glottocode
bulg1262
abkh1244
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative