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Bulgarian and Japanese


Japanese and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bulgaria   
Japan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Palau   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
14   
4

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Not Available   

French Name
bulgare   
japonais   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Japanese   

Language Position
88   
99+
8   
8

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
bul   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Bulgarian and Japanese Speaking population

Bulgarian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Bulgarian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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