Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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 first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
bulgare
  
arménien
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Armenians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Bulgarian and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Armenian language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Armenian Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.