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Bulgarian and Persian


Persian and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Bulgaria   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
23   
13

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
سلام   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
صبح به خیر   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
لطفا   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
متاسف   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
bulgare   
persan   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Persian people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Southern   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Persian   

Language Position
88   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
per   

ISO 639 3
bul   
pes   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Bulgarian and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bulgarian and Persian Speaking population

Bulgarian and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Bulgarian vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Persian Language Codes

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

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