Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- 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
Greek
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
arménien
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Armenian 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 Armenian and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Bulgarian language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Armenian vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian 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 Armenian and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.