Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Molo
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Molo
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
bulgare
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
9th Century
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Southern
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bulgarian and Xhosa Speaking population
Bulgarian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Bulgarian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bulgarian and Xhosa Language Codes
Bulgarian and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.