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Bulgarian and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bulgaria   
Ukraine   

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
22   
12

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Not Available   

French Name
bulgare   
ukrainien   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Southern   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
88   
99+
26   
22

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
bul   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Bulgarian and Ukrainian Speaking population

Bulgarian and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Bulgarian vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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