Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Yemen
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3026
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3621
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Hello
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Моля (Molja)
Fadlan
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
sorry
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
583
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
bulgare
somali
German Name
Bulgarisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Somalis
Origin
9th Century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Cushitic
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Somali
Language Position
8883
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
som
ISO 639 2/B
bul
som
ISO 639 3
bul
som
ISO 639 6
buls
som
Glottocode
bulg1262
soma1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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