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Bulgarian vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bulgaria   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Die Taalkommissie, 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
36   
26
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
hallo   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
goeie more   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
asseblief   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
jammer   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
Not Available   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
bulgare   
afrikaans   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
9th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Southern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
88   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
afr   

ISO 639 3
bul   
afr   

ISO 639 6
buls   
afrs   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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Bulgarian and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Afrikaans language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bulgarian and Afrikaans Language History.

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Bulgarian and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bulgarian and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Afrikaans language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bulgarian vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Bulgarian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bulgarian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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