Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3038
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3632
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
312
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Моля (Molja)
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
-
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
582
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
bulgare
arménien
German Name
Bulgarisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Armenians
Origin
9th Century
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
8814
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
hye
ISO 639 2/B
bul
arm
ISO 639 3
bul
hye
ISO 639 6
buls
hye
Glottocode
bulg1262
arme1241
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic