Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Bulgaria, European Union
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 in
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Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Gronings
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
AD 450-500
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Standard Bulgarian
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
buls
Glottocode
mode1257
bulg1262
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
53-AAA-hb
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Dutch 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 Dutch and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Bulgarian language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Dutch vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.