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Ukrainian and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ukraine  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
36  
26

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
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
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
будь ласк  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Balgarski  

French Name
ukrainien  
bulgare  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
1561  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Eastern  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
26  
24
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
bul  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
bul  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
buls  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Ukrainian and Bulgarian Speaking population

Ukrainian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % 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 Ukrainian and Bulgarian on Ukrainian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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