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Norwegian and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Norway  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
takk  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
god natt  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Vær så snill  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
ha det  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Bulgaria  

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

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Balgarski  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
bulgare  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
18  
16
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
bul  

ISO 639 3
nor  
bul  

ISO 639 6
nor  
buls  

Glottocode
norw1258  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Norwegian and Bulgarian Speaking population

Norwegian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % 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 Norwegian and Bulgarian on Norwegian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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