Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Bulgaria
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Habari
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Asante
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Моля (Molja)
tafadhali
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
pole
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
bye
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Dar es Salaam
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
bulgare
swahili
German Name
Bulgarisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
9th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
buls
Not Available
Glottocode
bulg1262
swah1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Bulgarian and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Swahili language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Swahili Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.