Countries
European Union, Ireland
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Bulgaria
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Interesting Facts
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish 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
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
1830
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1336
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Dia dhuit
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
le do thoil
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
Tá brón orm
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
Slán
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Connacht
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
100,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Munster
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
150,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Ulster
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
140,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
458
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million9.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
Balgarski
French Name
irlandais moyen
bulgare
German Name
Mittelirisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Irish people
Bulgarian people
Origin
c. 750
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Slavic
Branch
Goidelic
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
2588
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
bul
ISO 639 2/B
gle
bul
ISO 639 3
gle
bul
ISO 639 6
gle
buls
Glottocode
iris1253
bulg1262
Linguasphere
50-AAA
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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