Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Sisplau
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Catalan and Bulgarian 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 Catalan and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Bulgarian language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Catalan vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Catalan and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.