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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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