Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Bulgaria, European Union
National Language
Russia
Bulgaria
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Bulgaria
Dialect 2
Olonets
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Olonets
Bulgaria
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Bulgaria
Native Name
Русский
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Russki
Balgarski
French Name
russe
bulgare
German Name
Russisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Russians
Bulgarian people
Origin
1000 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Standard Bulgarian
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
russ1263
bulg1262
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
53-AAA-hb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Russian 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 Russian and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Bulgarian language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Russian vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.