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
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
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
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
ells
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic