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Bulgarian and Slovak


Slovak and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Bulgaria  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Czech Language  

Derived From
-  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
15  
12

How Many Consonants
36  
26
38  
27

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
Prosím  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
Pardón!  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
bulgare  
slovaque  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
9th Century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Southern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Slovak  

Language Position
88  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
slo  

ISO 639 3
bul  
slk  

ISO 639 6
buls  
slk  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Bulgarian and Slovak Speaking population

Bulgarian and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Bulgarian vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Slovak Language Codes

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

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