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Bulgarian and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
2  
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Latin  
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Thank you  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Good Night  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Please  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Sorry  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Bye  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
I love you  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
English  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
English  
Balgarski  

French Name
anglais  
bulgare  

German Name
Englisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
3  
3
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
bul  

ISO 639 3
eng  
bul  

ISO 639 6
engs  
buls  

Glottocode
stan1293  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
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All English 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 English and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of English and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Bulgarian Speaking population

English and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of English and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Bulgarian on English vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Bulgarian Language Codes

English and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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