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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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