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Slovak and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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 Language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
38  
27
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Prosím  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Pardón!  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Dovidenia  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
slovenčina  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Balgarski  

French Name
slovaque  
bulgare  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
6th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
27  
25
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
bul  

ISO 639 3
slk  
bul  

ISO 639 6
slk  
buls  

Glottocode
slov1269  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Slovak and Bulgarian Speaking population

Slovak and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % 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 Slovak and Bulgarian on Slovak vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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