Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
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 in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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