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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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