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Romanian and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
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
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
alo  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
multumesc  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Vă Rog  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
scuze  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
La revedere  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Bulgaria  

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

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Română  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Balgarski  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
bulgare  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
1521  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
36  
33
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
bul  

ISO 639 3
ron  
bul  

ISO 639 6
ron  
buls  

Glottocode
roma1327  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Romanian and Bulgarian Speaking population

Romanian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % 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 Romanian and Bulgarian on Romanian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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