Countries
Israel
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Israel
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
hébreu
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available