Bulgarian and Xhosa
Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
South Africa
National Language
Bulgaria
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Molo
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Unjani
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Molo
Please
Моля (Molja)
Ndicela
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
South Africa
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Thembu
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
South Africa
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
South Africa
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Balgarski
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
bulgare
xhosa
German Name
Bulgarisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
9th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bulg1262
xhos1239
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Bulgarian and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bulgarian and Xhosa Speaking population
Bulgarian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Bulgarian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bulgarian and Xhosa Language Codes
Bulgarian and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.