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Bulgarian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Bulgaria  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
18  
8

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
hej  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
god morgon  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
vänligen  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
ledsen  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
hej då  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
France  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
bulgare  
suédois  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
9th Century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Southern  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
88  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
swe  

ISO 639 3
bul  
swe  

ISO 639 6
buls  
swe  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bulgarian and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Swedish language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Bulgarian vs Swedish Difficulty

The Bulgarian vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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