Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Czech Republic, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3042
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
632
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3632
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
ahoj
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
děkuji
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Jak se máš?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
dobrou noc
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
dobré odpoledne
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
dobré ráno
Please
Моля (Molja)
prosím
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
litovat
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
sbohem
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Miluji tě
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
promiňte
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Chod
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Chodsko, Bohemia
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Lach
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0010,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Moravian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00108,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
5813
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
čeština / český jazyk
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Bohemian, Cestina
French Name
bulgare
tchèque
German Name
Bulgarisch
Tschechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Czechs
Origin
9th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Slavic
Branch
Southern
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Standard Czech
Language Position
8873
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Czech Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
cs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
ces
ISO 639 2/B
bul
cze
ISO 639 3
bul
ces
ISO 639 6
buls
ces
Glottocode
bulg1262
czec1258
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
53-AAA-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic