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Bulgarian and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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  
-  

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
2  
1

How Many Consonants
36  
26
60  
36

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
-  

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  

History

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
88  
99+
28  
26

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
Agglutinative  

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All Bulgarian and Abkhaz 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 Bulgarian and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bulgarian and Abkhaz Speaking population

Bulgarian and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 %. 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 Bulgarian and Abkhaz on Bulgarian vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Abkhaz Language Codes

Bulgarian and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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