Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
-
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3631
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Selam
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Моля (Molja)
i'bakwon
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
aznallehu
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
tschao
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Gondar
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Gondar
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Showa
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
585
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.80 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.21 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.80 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
9.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
bulgare
amharique
German Name
Bulgarisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Amharas
Origin
9th Century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Semitic
Branch
Southern
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Amharic
Language Position
8855
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
amh
ISO 639 2/B
bul
amh
ISO 639 3
bul
amh
ISO 639 6
buls
amh
Glottocode
bulg1262
amha1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional