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Bulgarian and Persian


Persian and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Bulgaria  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
سلام  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
لطفا  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
متاسف  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
bulgare  
persan  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Southern  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Persian  

Language Position
88  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
per  

ISO 639 3
bul  
pes  

ISO 639 6
buls  
pers  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Bulgarian and Persian Speaking population

Bulgarian and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Bulgarian vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Persian Language Codes

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

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