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Ukrainian vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs 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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

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   

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Bulgaria   

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 %   
30
Not Available   

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
7.80 million   
99+

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

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Balgarski   

French Name
ukrainien   
bulgare   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Not Available   

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   
22
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
Not Available   
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   
Not Available   

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Ukrainian and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Bulgarian language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 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 Ukrainian and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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