Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Bulgaria
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Macedonian language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Hallo
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
dankjewel
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
goedemorgen
Please
Моля (Molja)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
sorry
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
vaarwel
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
pardon
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Gronings
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
bulgare
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Bulgarisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Dutch people
Origin
9th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
buls
Not Available
Glottocode
bulg1262
mode1257
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Bulgarian and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Dutch language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Dutch Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.