Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3037
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3646
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Mhoro
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Masikati
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Mangwanani
Please
Моля (Molja)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Ndineurombo
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
bye
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Karanga
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
584
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.80 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.21 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.80 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
9.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
bulgare
shona
German Name
Bulgarisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Shona people
Origin
9th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Southern
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Standard Shona
Language Position
88107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
sna
ISO 639 2/B
bul
sna
ISO 639 3
bul
sna
ISO 639 6
buls
sna
Glottocode
bulg1262
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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