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Bulgarian and Dutch


Dutch and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Bulgaria   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
Hallo   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
goedemorgen   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
sorry   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
bulgare   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Southern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
88   
99+
48   
35

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
dut   

ISO 639 3
bul   
nld   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Bulgarian and Dutch Speaking population

Bulgarian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Bulgarian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Dutch Language Codes

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

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