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Italian vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs 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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Italian and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Bulgarian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Italian vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Italian vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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