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Bulgarian and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bulgaria  
Lithuania  

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  
Poland  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Latvian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Labas rytas  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
Prašom  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
Ate  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Lithuania  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
bulgare  
lituanien  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Southern  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
88  
99+
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
lit  

ISO 639 3
bul  
lit  

ISO 639 6
buls  
lit  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Bulgarian and Lithuanian Speaking population

Bulgarian and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 %. 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 Lithuanian on Bulgarian vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Lithuanian Language Codes

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

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