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Bulgarian and Somali


Somali and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Bulgaria  
Somalia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
Hello  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
Fadlan  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
sorry  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Standard Somali  

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
bulgare  
somali  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Somali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Somalis  

History

Origin
9th Century  
19th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Somali  

Language Position
88  
99+
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
som  

ISO 639 3
bul  
som  

ISO 639 6
buls  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Bulgarian and Somali Speaking population

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

Bulgarian and Somali Language Codes

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

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