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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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