Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Armenian
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3024
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3617
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Моля (Molja)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Greece
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Griko
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Italy
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
5825
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.80 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.21 %0.18 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.80 million13.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
9.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
bulgare
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Bulgarisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
9th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Hellenic
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Modern Greek
Language Position
8874
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
ell
ISO 639 2/B
bul
gre
ISO 639 3
bul
ell
ISO 639 6
buls
ells
Glottocode
bulg1262
gree1276
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic