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Persian and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Bulgaria   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
لطفا   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
متاسف   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
فارسی   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Balgarski   

French Name
persan   
bulgare   

German Name
Persisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Iranian   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
23   
19
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
bul   

ISO 639 3
pes   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
fars1254   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Persian and Bulgarian Speaking population

Persian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % 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 Persian and Bulgarian on Persian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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