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Swedish vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Sweden   
Bulgaria   

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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   
11

Greetings

Hello
hej   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
tacka dig   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
godnatt   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
god kväll   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
god morgon   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
vänligen   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
ledsen   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
hej då   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
France   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
Svenska   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Balgarski   

French Name
suédois   
bulgare   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Not Available   

History

Origin
13th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
89   
99+
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
bul   

ISO 639 3
swe   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
swed1254   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Swedish and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Bulgarian language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Swedish vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Swedish vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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