Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
South Africa
  
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.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Good Morning
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Please
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
Bye
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Not Available
  
French Name
bulgare
  
anglais
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
5th Century AD
  
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
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Standard English
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
engs
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic