Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
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 in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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