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Bulgarian

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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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

Bulgarian and Greek Alphabets

Bulgarian and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bulgarian and Greek. In Bulgarian Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Bulgarian and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bulgarian and Greek languages. The Bulgarian phonology consist Bulgarian vowels and Bulgarian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Bulgarian greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bulgarian and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bulgarian and Greek Speaking population

Bulgarian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Bulgarian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Greek Language Codes

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