Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Israel
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Israel
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
bulgare
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Southern
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic