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Croatian vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
2   
13

National Language
Austria   
Bulgaria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
hvala   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
kako si   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
laku noć   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
molim   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Volim te   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Balgarski   

French Name
croate   
bulgare   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
23   
19
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
bul   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
croa1245   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Croatian and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Bulgarian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Croatian vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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