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Georgian vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • 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
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Bulgaria  

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

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Balgarski  

French Name
géorgien  
bulgare  

German Name
Georgisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
5th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
120  
99+
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
bul  

ISO 639 3
kat  
bul  

ISO 639 6
kat  
buls  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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Georgian and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Bulgarian language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century 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 Georgian and Bulgarian Language History.

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Georgian 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 Georgian and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Bulgarian language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Georgian vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Georgian vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian 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 Georgian and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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