Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3025
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3620
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Halo
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Hvala
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Lahko noč
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Dober dan
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Dobro jutro
Please
Моля (Molja)
Prosim
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Oprostite
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Nasvidenje
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Resian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Italy
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Styrian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
5848
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.80 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.80 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
bulgare
slovène
German Name
Bulgarisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Slovenes
Origin
9th Century
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Slovene
Language Position
8828
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
slv
ISO 639 2/B
bul
slv
ISO 639 3
bul
slv
ISO 639 6
buls
slv
Glottocode
bulg1262
slov1268
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional