Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Galicia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Portuguese Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3023
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3619
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Ola
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Grazas
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Que tal estás?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Boas noites
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Boa tarde
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Bos días
Please
Моля (Molja)
Por favor
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Síntoo!
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Adeus
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ámote
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
583
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
Galego
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Galego, Gallego
French Name
bulgare
galicien
German Name
Bulgarisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Galician people
Origin
9th Century
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Galician
Language Position
8846
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
glg
ISO 639 2/B
bul
glg
ISO 639 3
bul
glg
ISO 639 6
buls
glg
Glottocode
bulg1262
gali1258
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-