Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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.
  
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Olá
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
bom Dia
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Português
  
French Name
bulgare
  
portugais
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
9th Century
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available