Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
alo
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
scuze
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
bulgare
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Romanians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1521
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic