Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
bulgare
  
slovène
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
9th Century
  
972-1093
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Bulgarian and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Slovene language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Slovene Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.