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Bulgarian and Korean


Korean and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

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

Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
21  
18

How Many Consonants
36  
26
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

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  

History

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  

Language Position
88  
99+
12  
11

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Bulgarian and Korean Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bulgarian and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bulgarian and Korean Speaking population

Bulgarian and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bulgarian and Korean on Bulgarian vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Korean Language Codes

Bulgarian and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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