Cantonese and Bulgarian
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Bulgaria, European Union
National Language
China, Guangdong
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Macedonian language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
谢谢
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
你好吗？
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
晚安
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
晚上好
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
下午好
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
早上好
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Sorry
遗憾
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
再见
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
我爱你
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
原谅我
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Bulgaria
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bulgaria
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bulgaria
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Balgarski
French Name
cantonais
bulgare
German Name
Kantonesisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Bulgarian people
Origin
17th century
9th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Bulgarian
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Bulgarian Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
bg
ISO 639 3
No data available
bul
Glottocode
cant1236
bulg1262
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-hb
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese and Bulgarian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Bulgarian Speaking population
Cantonese and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Bulgarian on Cantonese vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Bulgarian Language Codes
Cantonese and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.