Home

Most Difficult Languages + -

Easiest Languages to Learn + -

Most Spoken Languages + -

Best Languages to Learn + -

Indian Languages + -

Languagevs


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   
Not Available   

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   
11

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   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Panagyurishte   

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

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Pirdop   

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

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 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
7.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Balgarski   

French Name
italien   
bulgare   

German Name
Italienisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
960 BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Italian   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
27   
23
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   
Not Available   

Countries >>
<< All

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.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages