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Bulgarian and Galician


Galician and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bulgaria  
Galicia  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  

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.
  
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
36  
26
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
28 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
Ola  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Grazas  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Que tal estás?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Bos días  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
Por favor  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
Síntoo!  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
Adeus  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Ámote  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
East Galicia  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Central Galicia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
bulgare  
galicien  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Galicisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[ɡaˈleɣo]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Galician people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1175  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Southern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Galician  

Language Position
88  
99+
46  
99+

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Galician Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
glg  

ISO 639 3
bul  
glg  

ISO 639 6
buls  
glg  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
gali1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
51-AAA-ab  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Bulgarian and Galician Speaking population

Bulgarian and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 %. 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 Galician on Bulgarian vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Galician Language Codes

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

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