Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
désolé
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Français
  
French Name
bulgare
  
français
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
fras
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic