Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
ciao
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
scusate
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Italiano
  
French Name
bulgare
  
italien
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Italians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
960 BC
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
itas
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic