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Bulgarian and German


German and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Bulgaria  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
36  
26
9  
1

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
hallo  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Danke  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
guten Morgen  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
bitte  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
bulgare  
allemand  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Germans  

History

Origin
9th Century  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Southern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
88  
99+
9  
9

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
ger  

ISO 639 3
bul  
deu  

ISO 639 6
buls  
deus  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Bulgarian and German Speaking population

Bulgarian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Bulgarian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and German Language Codes

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

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