Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
-
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3021
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3616
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Hoy
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Salamat
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Maayong Buntag
Please
Моля (Molja)
Palihug
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Babay
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Boholano
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Bohol
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
North Kana
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
584
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.80 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.21 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.80 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
9.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
bulgare
cebuano
German Name
Bulgarisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Cebuano people
Origin
9th Century
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
8862
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
bul
ceb
ISO 639 3
bul
ceb
ISO 639 6
buls
ceb
Glottocode
bulg1262
cebu1242
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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-