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Japanese and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Japan  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Palau  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
36  
26

Scripts
Kana  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Bulgaria  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Bulgaria  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
Not Available  

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
7.80 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Balgarski  

French Name
japonais  
bulgare  

German Name
Japanisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1185  
9th Century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
8  
8
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
bul  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
bul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
buls  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Japanese and Bulgarian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Bulgarian Speaking population

Japanese and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Bulgarian on Japanese vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Bulgarian Language Codes

Japanese and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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