Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
hola
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
triste
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
bulgare
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
210 BC
  
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
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic