Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
73.00 million
  
24
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
bulgare
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available