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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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