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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  
-  

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  
17

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  
9
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
France  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
9,000,000.00  
30

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+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Balgarski  

French Name
suédois  
bulgare  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Bulgarian people  

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
swe  
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
-  
-  

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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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