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Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
36  
26

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Balgarski  

French Name
chinois  
bulgare  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
1  
1
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
bul  

ISO 639 3
zho  
bul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
buls  

Glottocode
sini1245  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Chinese and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Bulgarian language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Bulgarian Language History.

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Chinese 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 Chinese and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Bulgarian language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Chinese vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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