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Swahili vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Bulgaria   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Asante   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
tafadhali   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
pole   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
bye   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
nakupenda   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Balgarski   

French Name
swahili   
bulgare   

German Name
Swahili   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Not Available   

History

Origin
6th century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Bantu   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
Not Available   
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
bul   

ISO 639 3
swa   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
swah1254   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Swahili and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Bulgarian language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century 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 Swahili and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Swahili vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Swahili vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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