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Bulgarian vs Galician


Galician vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
36  
26
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
28 weeks  
9

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
East Galicia  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Central Galicia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
88  
99+
46  
99+

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Galician Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
-  

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Bulgarian and Galician Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Galician language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175. 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 Galician Language History.

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

Bulgarian vs Galician Difficulty

The Bulgarian vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Galician 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 Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Galician time required is 28 weeks.

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