Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3032
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
615
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3617
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
hallo
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Dankie
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
goeie nag
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
goeie more
Please
Моля (Molja)
asseblief
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
jammer
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Totsiens
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
-
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
-
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Namibia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
583
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Cape Dutch
French Name
bulgare
afrikaans
German Name
Bulgarisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Afrikaners
Origin
9th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Germanic
Branch
Southern
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
8823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
afr
ISO 639 2/B
bul
afr
ISO 639 3
bul
afr
ISO 639 6
buls
afrs
Glottocode
bulg1262
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic