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German vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Germany  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
9  
1
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
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Danke  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
bitte  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Tschüs  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
Not Available  

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Balgarski  

French Name
allemand  
bulgare  

German Name
Deutsch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Not Available  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
9  
9
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
bul  

ISO 639 3
deu  
bul  

ISO 639 6
deus  
buls  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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German and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of German vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of German and Bulgarian language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Bulgarian Language History.

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

German vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The German vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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