Countries
Galicia
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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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 in
Alphabets
2330
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1936
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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)
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Galician
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Galician
Pirdop
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
358
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.40 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.40 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
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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
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
4688
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
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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