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Ilocano vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Ilocano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Philippines  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
  • 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
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kablaaw  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Agyamanak  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Kumusta?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Naimbag a rabii  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
mangngegda  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Agpakawanak  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Pakada  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Ayayatenka  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Balangao  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
21,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Bontoc  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
41,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Not present  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
9.10 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ilokano  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko  
Balgarski  

French Name
ilocano  
bulgare  

German Name
Ilokano-Sprache  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Ilocano people  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
18th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
94  
99+
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ilo  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
ilo  
bul  

ISO 639 3
ilo  
bul  

ISO 639 6
ilo  
buls  

Glottocode
ilok1237  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
31-CBA-a  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Ilocano and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Ilocano vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Ilocano and Bulgarian language. History of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Ilocano vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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