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Bulgarian vs Danish


Danish vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Bulgaria  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
Hallo  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
God nat  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
God morgen  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
Please  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
Farvel  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
bulgare  
danois  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Southern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
88  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
dan  

ISO 639 3
bul  
dan  

ISO 639 6
buls  
dan  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Bulgarian and Danish Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Danish language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. 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 Danish Language History.

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Bulgarian and Danish 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 Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Danish language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bulgarian vs Danish Difficulty

The Bulgarian vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Danish 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 Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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