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Bulgarian vs Dutch


Dutch vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,300,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
6.00 million  
25

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  

History

Origin
9th Century  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Southern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
88  
99+
48  
35

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
dut  

ISO 639 3
bul  
nld  

ISO 639 6
buls  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Bulgarian and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Dutch language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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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.

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