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French vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
2  
13

National Language
France  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
bonjour  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Merci  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
désolé  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
au revoir  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 2
African French  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Bulgaria  

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Native Name
français  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Français  
Balgarski  

French Name
français  
bulgare  

German Name
Französisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
9th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
13  
12
88  
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
bul  

ISO 639 3
fra  
bul  

ISO 639 6
fras  
buls  

Glottocode
stan1290  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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French and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of French vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Bulgarian language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Bulgarian Language History.

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French 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 French and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Bulgarian language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common French Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The French vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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