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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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