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Bulgarian and Serbian


Serbian and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Bulgaria   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
25   
15

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Montenegrin   

French Name
bulgare   
serbe   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Serbs   

History

Origin
9th Century   
11th Century   

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   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
88   
99+
44   
33

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
srp   

ISO 639 3
bul   
srp   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Bulgarian and Serbian Speaking population

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

Bulgarian and Serbian Language Codes

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

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