Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
God morgen
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Please
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
bulgare
  
danois
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 1100 AD
  
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
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional