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Bulgarian and Catalan


Catalan and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Bulgaria   
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Spain   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
23   
13

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
Hola   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
Gràcies   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Com estàs?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
Bona nit   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
Bona nit   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
Bona tarda   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Bon dia   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
Sisplau   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
Perdó!   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
Adéu   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
T'estimo   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Dispensi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Caló   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
France, Portugal, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
35

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Valencian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,400,000.00   
19

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Ribagorçan   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
9.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
4.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.10 million   
28

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
català   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian   

French Name
bulgare   
catalan; valencien   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Katalanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Catalan people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1028   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Romance   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Old Catalan   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   

Language Position
88   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Signed Catalan   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
ca   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
cat   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
cat   

ISO 639 3
bul   
cat   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
stan1289   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
51-AAA-e   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Bulgarian and Catalan 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 Catalan dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Catalan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Catalan Dialects are spoken in different Catalan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Catalan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Catalan dialects include: Caló , Valencian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bulgarian and Catalan Speaking population

Bulgarian and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan language is Not Available. 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 Catalan on Bulgarian vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Catalan Language Codes

Bulgarian and Catalan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Catalan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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