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Galician vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs 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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Galician and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Bulgarian language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Galician and Bulgarian Language History.

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Galician and Bulgarian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Galician and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Bulgarian language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Galician vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Galician vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Bulgarian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Galician and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is 28 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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