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Dutch vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs 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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Dutch and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Bulgarian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Bulgarian Language History.

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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.

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