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Dutch and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Bulgaria   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
sorry   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
vaarwel   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
7.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Balgarski   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
bulgare   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
48   
35
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
bul   

ISO 639 3
nld   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
mode1257   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Dutch and Bulgarian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Dutch and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Bulgarian Speaking population

Dutch and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Dutch and Bulgarian on Dutch vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Bulgarian Language Codes

Dutch and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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