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Finnish and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Bulgaria   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
13   
3
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
haluta   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
Heippa   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Balgarski   

French Name
finnois   
bulgare   

German Name
Finnisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1543   
9th Century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Slavic   

Branch
Finnic   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
Not Available   
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
bul   

ISO 639 3
fin   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
finn1318   
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, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Finnish and Bulgarian Speaking population

Finnish and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish and Bulgarian on Finnish vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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