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Estonian and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
aitäh  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Palun  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Head aega  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Bulgaria  

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Bulgaria  

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Bulgaria  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Balgarski  

French Name
estonien  
bulgare  

German Name
Estnisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
13th century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Slavic  

Branch
Finnic  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
Not Available  
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
bul  

ISO 639 3
est  
bul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
buls  

Glottocode
esto1258  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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All Estonian 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 Estonian and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and Bulgarian Speaking population

Estonian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available 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 Estonian and Bulgarian on Estonian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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