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Bulgarian and Norwegian


Norwegian and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bulgaria  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Europe, South America  

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

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

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
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
hallo  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
takk  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
god natt  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
god morgen  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
unnskyld  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
ha det  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Norsk  

French Name
bulgare  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Southern  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
88  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
nor  

ISO 639 3
bul  
nor  

ISO 639 6
buls  
nor  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Bulgarian and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Bulgarian and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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