Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Macedonian language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3030
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3636
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Моля (Molja)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
5858
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Balgarski
French Name
bulgare
bulgare
German Name
Bulgarisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Bulgarian people
Origin
9th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Slavic
Branch
Southern
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
8888
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
bul
ISO 639 2/B
bul
bul
ISO 639 3
bul
bul
ISO 639 6
buls
buls
Glottocode
bulg1262
bulg1262
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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