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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
-  
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  
17
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
9,200,000.00  
38
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
4,000.00  
99+

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
0.21 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Português  

French Name
bulgare  
portugais  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
9th Century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Romance  

Branch
Southern  
-  

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  
por  

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
-  
-  

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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 0.21 % 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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