Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3044
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3632
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
sannu
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
gode ku
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
yaya dai
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
barka da rana
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
mai kyau safe
Please
Моля (Molja)
Don Allah
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
yi hakuri
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
sai anjima
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Ghana
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Niger
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Niger
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
5820
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.80 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.21 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.80 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
bulgare
haoussa
German Name
Bulgarisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
9th Century
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Chadic
Branch
Southern
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Hausa
Language Position
8834
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
hau
ISO 639 2/B
bul
hau
ISO 639 3
bul
hau
ISO 639 6
buls
hau
Glottocode
bulg1262
haus1257
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional