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Bulgarian and Portuguese


Portuguese and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
10   
6

National Language
Bulgaria   
Portugal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
19   
9

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   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
Olá   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Como você está?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
boa noite   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
bom Dia   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
pesaroso   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
tchau   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
Português   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Português   

French Name
bulgare   
portugais   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
9th Century   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Romance   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Portuguese   

Language Position
88   
99+
6   
6

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
por   

ISO 639 3
bul   
por   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
port1283   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Bulgarian and Portuguese Speaking population

Bulgarian and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Bulgarian vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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