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Italian and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
grazie  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Per Favore  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
scusate  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
arrivederci  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Balgarski  

French Name
italien  
bulgare  

German Name
Italienisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
960 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Italian  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
27  
25
88  
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
bul  

ISO 639 3
ita  
bul  

ISO 639 6
itas  
buls  

Glottocode
ital1282  
bulg1262  

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

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Italian and Bulgarian Speaking population

Italian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Bulgarian on Italian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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