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Bulgarian and Croatian


Croatian and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
9   
7

National Language
Bulgaria   
Austria   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
25   
15

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
bok   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
hvala   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
kako si   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
laku noć   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
dobro jutro   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
molim   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
Oprostite   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
Not Available   
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Hrvatski   

French Name
bulgare   
croate   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Croats   

History

Origin
9th Century   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
88   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
bul   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Bulgarian and Croatian Speaking population

Bulgarian and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Bulgarian vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Croatian Language Codes

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

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