Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
hej
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
god morgon
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
bulgare
  
suédois
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
9th Century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Southern
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bulgarian and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Swedish language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Swedish Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.