Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Bulgaria
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Czech Language
Derived From
Not Available
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Ahoj
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Dobré ráno
Please
Моля (Molja)
Prosím
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Pardón!
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Dovidenia
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
bulgare
slovaque
German Name
Bulgarisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Slovaks
Origin
9th Century
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Slovak
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
buls
Not Available
Glottocode
bulg1262
slov1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
53-AAA-db
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Bulgarian and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Slovak language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Slovak Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.