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Bulgarian and Slovak


Slovak and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Bulgaria   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
36   
26
38   
27

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
Ahoj   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Dobré ráno   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
Prosím   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
Pardón!   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
bulgare   
slovaque   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
9th Century   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Southern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Slovak   

Language Position
88   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
slo   

ISO 639 3
bul   
slk   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Bulgarian and Slovak Speaking population

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Bulgarian and Slovak Language Codes

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

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