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Galician and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Galicia  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
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
28 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Grazas  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Boas noites  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Por favor  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Adeus  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Ámote  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Galego  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Balgarski  

French Name
galicien  
bulgare  

German Name
Galicisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
46  
99+
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
bul  

ISO 639 3
glg  
bul  

ISO 639 6
glg  
buls  

Glottocode
gali1258  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Galician and Bulgarian Speaking population

Galician and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 % 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 Galician and Bulgarian on Galician vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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