Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
National Language
Bulgaria
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Hola
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Gràcies
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Com estàs?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Bona nit
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Bona tarda
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Bon dia
Please
Моля (Molja)
Sisplau
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Perdó!
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Adéu
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Caló
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Valencian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Spain
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
català
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
bulgare
catalan; valencien
German Name
Bulgarisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Not Available
Catalan people
Origin
9th Century
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Southern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
buls
Not Available
Glottocode
bulg1262
stan1289
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
51-AAA-e
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Bulgarian and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Catalan language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Catalan Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.