Bulgarian and Afrikaans
Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
South Africa
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
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Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
-
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
-
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Namibia
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
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bulg1262
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
All Bulgarian and Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bulgarian and Afrikaans Speaking population
Bulgarian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Afrikaans on Bulgarian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bulgarian and Afrikaans Language Codes
Bulgarian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.