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Bulgarian and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bulgaria  
Ukraine  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
22  
12

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
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)  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
bulgare  
ukrainien  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Southern  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
88  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
bul  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
buls  
ukr  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Bulgarian and Ukrainian Speaking population

Bulgarian and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Bulgarian vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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