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German vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Germany   
Bulgaria   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
9   
1
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Danke   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
bitte   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
Tschüs   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
7.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Balgarski   

French Name
allemand   
bulgare   

German Name
Deutsch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Not Available   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
9   
9
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
bul   

ISO 639 3
deu   
bul   

ISO 639 6
deus   
buls   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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German and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of German vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of German and Bulgarian language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Bulgarian Language History.

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

German vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The German vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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