Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Bulgaria
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Моля (Molja)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Griko
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
bulgare
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Bulgarisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
9th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Southern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bulg1262
gree1276
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Bulgarian and Greek 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 Greek dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bulgarian and Greek Speaking population
Bulgarian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Bulgarian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bulgarian and Greek Language Codes
Bulgarian and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
