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Bulgarian and English


English and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
33  
2

National Language
Bulgaria  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
Hello  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Good Morning  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
Please  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
Sorry  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
Bye  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
American English  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
Not Available  
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
English  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Not Available  

French Name
bulgare  
anglais  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
9th Century  
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Standard English  

Language Position
88  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
eng  

ISO 639 3
bul  
eng  

ISO 639 6
buls  
engs  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Bulgarian and English Speaking population

Bulgarian and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and English languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Bulgarian vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and English Language Codes

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

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