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Bulgarian vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

National Language
Bulgaria  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
19  
9

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)  
Olá  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
bom Dia  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
pesaroso  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
tchau  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
Not Available  
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Português  

French Name
bulgare  
portugais  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
9th Century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Romance  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
88  
99+
6  
6

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
por  

ISO 639 3
bul  
por  

ISO 639 6
buls  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
port1283  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Bulgarian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Portuguese language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Bulgarian vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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