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Bulgarian and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bulgaria   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
36   
26
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
hallo   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
goeie more   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
asseblief   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
jammer   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
Not Available   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
bulgare   
afrikaans   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
9th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Southern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
88   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
afr   

ISO 639 3
bul   
afr   

ISO 639 6
buls   
afrs   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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

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Bulgarian and Afrikaans Speaking population

Bulgarian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Bulgarian and Afrikaans on Bulgarian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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