Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
26
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46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Macedonian language
German and English Languages
Derived From
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Origin
9th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Germanic
Branch
Southern
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Standard Dutch
Language Position
8848
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual