Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
bulgare
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating