Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Bulgaria, European Union
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
South Korea
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
South Korea
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Pirdop
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Bulgaria
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Balgarski
French Name
coréen
bulgare
German Name
Koreanisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Not Available
Origin
Before 1st century
9th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Bulgarian
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
buls
Glottocode
kore1280
bulg1262
Linguasphere
45-AAA
53-AAA-hb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Korean 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 Korean and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Bulgarian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Korean vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.