Countries
Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
2
13
2
13
National Language
France, Spain
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- 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
Spanish
Macedonian language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
27
9
30
12
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
2
6
3
How Many Consonants
21
11
36
26
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks
13
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
Kaixo
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Gabon
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Egun on
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Mesedez
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
Barkatu
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
Agur
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
France
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
68,000.00
99+
Not Available
Dialect 2
Souletin
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
8,700.00
99+
Not Available
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Spain
Bulgaria
Total No. Of Dialects
6
6
58
32
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
99+
7.80 million
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Speakers
7.20 million
99+
7.80 million
99+
Native Name
Not available
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Balgarski
French Name
basque
bulgare
German Name
Baskisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Basque people
Not Available
History
Origin
c. 1000
9th Century
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Basque
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
Not Available
88
99+
Signed Forms
Not Available
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Not Available
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
eu
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
bul
ISO 639 2/B
baq
bul
ISO 639 3
eus
bul
ISO 639 6
Not Available
buls
Glottocode
basq1248
bulg1262
Linguasphere
40-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
Not Available
