Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
bye
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
bulgare
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
9th Century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Southern
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative