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Bulgarian and Turkish


Turkish and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

National Language
Bulgaria   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
günaydın   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
lütfen   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
bulgare   
turc   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Turkish   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Turkic   

Branch
Southern   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
88   
99+
19   
17

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
tur   

ISO 639 3
bul   
tur   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Bulgarian and Turkish Speaking population

Bulgarian and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Bulgarian vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Turkish Language Codes

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

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