Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Bulgaria
Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Merhaba
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Nasılsın?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Tünaydın
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
günaydın
Please
Моля (Molja)
lütfen
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
üzgünüm
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Hoşçakal
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Bulgarisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Turkish
Origin
9th Century
c. 1350
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Southern
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
buls
Not Available
Glottocode
bulg1262
nucl1301
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Bulgarian and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Turkish language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Turkish Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.