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Finnish and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
13  
3
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
haluta  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Heippa  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Balgarski  

French Name
finnois  
bulgare  

German Name
Finnisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
1543  
9th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Slavic  

Branch
Finnic  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
22  
20
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
bul  

ISO 639 3
fin  
bul  

ISO 639 6
fin  
buls  

Glottocode
finn1318  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Finnish and Bulgarian Speaking population

Finnish and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Bulgarian on Finnish vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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