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Bulgarian vs Romanian


Romanian vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Bulgaria   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
alo   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
bună Dimineața   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
scuze   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
La revedere   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
Română   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
bulgare   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Romanians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1521   

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   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Romanian   

Language Position
88   
99+
36   
28

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
rum   

ISO 639 3
bul   
ron   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Bulgarian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Romanian language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Bulgarian vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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