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Bulgarian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bulgaria   
Norway   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
hallo   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
takk   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
god natt   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
god morgen   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
unnskyld   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
ha det   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Norsk   

French Name
bulgare   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Southern   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
88   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
nor   

ISO 639 3
bul   
nor   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Bulgarian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Norwegian language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Norwegian Language History.

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Bulgarian and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Norwegian language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bulgarian vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Bulgarian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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