Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Bulgaria
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Моля (Molja)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Griko
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
bulgare
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Bulgarisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
9th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Southern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bulg1262
gree1276
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Bulgarian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Greek language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Greek Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.