Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Middle East
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3629
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Silaw
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Sipas
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Bayanit bash
Please
Моля (Molja)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bibûre
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
583
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.80 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.21 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.80 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
9.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
bulgare
kurde
German Name
Bulgarisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Kurds
Origin
9th Century
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southern
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Kurdish
Language Position
8814
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
bg
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
kur
ISO 639 2/B
bul
kur
ISO 639 3
bul
kur
ISO 639 6
buls
kur
Glottocode
bulg1262
kurd1259
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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