Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3036
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3629
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Si jeni?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
mirëdita
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
mirëmengjes
Please
Моля (Molja)
Ju lutem
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Me fal
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
mirupafshim
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Më falni
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Italy
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
584
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Shqip
French Name
bulgare
albanais
German Name
Bulgarisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Albanians
Origin
9th Century
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Standard Albanian
Language Position
8814
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
bul
alb
ISO 639 3
bul
sqi
ISO 639 6
buls
sqi
Glottocode
bulg1262
alba1267
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic