Countries
Japan
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
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 in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Bulgarian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Japanese vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.