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Bulgarian vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Belarus, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bulgaria  
Belarus, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Poland  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Russian and Ukrainian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
39  
28

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Cyrillic  

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)  
dobry dzień  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Dziakuj  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Jak vy ?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
Dabranač  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Dobry viečar  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
dobry dzień  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Dobraj ranicy  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
Kali laska  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
Vybačajcie  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
da pabačennia  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
JA liubliu ciabie  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Vybačajcie  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
North-Eastern Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
North-East Belarus  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
South-Western Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
South-West Belarus  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Middle Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Middle Belarus  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million  
99+
9.63 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
5.89 million  
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  

French Name
bulgare  
biélorusse  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Weißrussisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Belarusians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
18th century  

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  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Belarusian  

Language Position
88  
99+
79  
99+

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Belarusian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
be  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
bel  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
bel  

ISO 639 3
bul  
bel  

ISO 639 6
buls  
bel  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
bela1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bulgarian and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Belarusian language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bulgarian and Belarusian Language History.

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Bulgarian and Belarusian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bulgarian and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Belarusian language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bulgarian vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Bulgarian vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Belarusian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bulgarian and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is 44 weeks.

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