Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Pan South African Language Board
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3057
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3650
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Sawubona
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
unjani
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Моля (Molja)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
bye
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
584
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
bulgare
zoulou
German Name
Bulgarisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Zulu people
Origin
9th Century
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Southern
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Deep Zulu
Language Position
8887
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
zul
ISO 639 2/B
bul
zul
ISO 639 3
bul
zul
ISO 639 6
buls
zul
Glottocode
bulg1262
zulu1248
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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