Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3021
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3619
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Bwakeye
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Urakoze
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Mwaramutse
Please
Моля (Molja)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Ndasubiza
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
N’agasaga
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Ha
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Shubi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
586
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million8.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
bulgare
rundi
German Name
Bulgarisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
9th Century
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Southern
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Kirundi
Language Position
8886
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
bg
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
run
ISO 639 2/B
bul
run
ISO 639 3
bul
run
ISO 639 6
buls
run
Glottocode
bulg1262
rund1242
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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