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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Bulgaria, European Union

Total No. Of Countries

32
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bulgaria

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa, Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Institute for the Bulgarian language

Interesting Facts

  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  • 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
Macedonian language

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2430
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1736
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Как си? (Kak si?)

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Моля (Molja)

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Довиждане (Doviždane)

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Обичам те (Običam te)

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo

Where They Speak

Greece
Bulgaria

How Many People Speak

2,800.009,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Panagyurishte

Where They Speak

Italy
Bulgaria

How Many People Speak

50,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Pirdop

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Bulgaria

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.009,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2558
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million7.80 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.21 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million7.80 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million9.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
български (bãlgarski)

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Balgarski

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
bulgare

German Name

Neugriechisch
Bulgarisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Bulgarian people

History

Origin

1500 BC
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Slavic

Branch

-
Southern

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Standard Bulgarian

Language Position

7488
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
bg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
bul

ISO 639 2/B

gre
bul

ISO 639 3

ell
bul

ISO 639 6

ells
buls

Glottocode

gree1276
bulg1262

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
53-AAA-hb

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Greek and Bulgarian Alphabets

Greek and Bulgarian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Bulgarian. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Bulgarian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Greek and Bulgarian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Bulgarian languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Bulgarian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Bulgarian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Bulgarian Speaking population

Greek and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Bulgarian on Greek vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Bulgarian Language Codes

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