Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- 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
Macedonian language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
bulgare
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Southern
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
buls
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available