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Greek vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Griko  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Bulgaria  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Balgarski  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
bulgare  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
74  
99+
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
bul  

ISO 639 3
ell  
bul  

ISO 639 6
ells  
buls  

Glottocode
gree1276  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
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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Greek and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Bulgarian language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Greek vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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