Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
bulgare
  
coréen
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Koreans
  
Origin
9th Century
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative