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Bulgarian vs French


French vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
32   
3

National Language
Bulgaria   
France   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
bonjour   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
Merci   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Bonjour   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
désolé   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
au revoir   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
African French   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
français   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Français   

French Name
bulgare   
français   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Romance   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Standard French   

Language Position
88   
99+
13   
12

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
fre   

ISO 639 3
bul   
fra   

ISO 639 6
buls   
fras   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Bulgarian and French Language History

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

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

Bulgarian vs French Difficulty

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

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