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Persian vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs 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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Persian and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Bulgarian language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Persian and Bulgarian Language History.

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Persian 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 Persian and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Bulgarian language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Persian vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian 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 Persian and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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