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Welsh and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Wales  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • 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
English Language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Diolch  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Nos da  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Hwyl  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Balgarski  

French Name
gallois  
bulgare  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Slavic  

Branch
Brythonic  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
31  
29
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
bul  

ISO 639 3
cym  
bul  

ISO 639 6
cym  
buls  

Glottocode
wels1247  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Welsh and Bulgarian Speaking population

Welsh and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % 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 Welsh and Bulgarian on Welsh vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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