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Chinese and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Bulgaria  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
24  
19

How Many Consonants
36  
26
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
bulgare  
chinois  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Han  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Southern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
88  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
chi  

ISO 639 3
bul  
zho  

ISO 639 6
buls  
zho  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Bulgarian and Chinese Speaking population

Bulgarian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Bulgarian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Chinese Language Codes

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

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