Home
Languagevs


Norwegian and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Norway   
Bulgaria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Africa, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
takk   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
god natt   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Vær så snill   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
ha det   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Balgarski   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
bulgare   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
Not Available   
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
bul   

ISO 639 3
nor   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
norw1258   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

Summary >>
<< Code

All Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

Norwegian and Bulgarian Speaking population

Norwegian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available 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 Norwegian and Bulgarian on Norwegian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

Easiest Languages to Learn

Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Easiest Languages to Learn

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Compare Easiest Languages to Learn