Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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)
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
bulgare
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Irish people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Southern
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Bulgarian and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Irish language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Irish Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.