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Polish vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Poland  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • 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
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
proszę  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
do widzenia  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Polski  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Balgarski  

French Name
polonais  
bulgare  

German Name
Polnisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
1270  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
24  
22
88  
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
bul  

ISO 639 3
pol  
bul  

ISO 639 6
pols  
buls  

Glottocode
poli1260  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
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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Polish and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Bulgarian language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 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 Polish and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Polish vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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