Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
bulgare
  
amharique
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Amharas
  
Origin
9th Century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Southern
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Bulgarian and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Amharic language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Amharic Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.