Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3048
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3639
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
dobry dzień
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Dabranač
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Dobraj ranicy
Please
Моля (Molja)
Kali laska
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Vybačajcie
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
da pabačennia
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
583
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
bulgare
biélorusse
German Name
Bulgarisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Belarusians
Origin
9th Century
18th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Slavic
Branch
Southern
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Belarusian
Language Position
8879
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
bel
ISO 639 2/B
bul
bel
ISO 639 3
bul
bel
ISO 639 6
buls
bel
Glottocode
bulg1262
bela1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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