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Polish vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Poland   
Bulgaria   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • 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
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
dziękuję   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
dobranoc   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
proszę   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
do widzenia   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Polski   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Balgarski   

French Name
polonais   
bulgare   

German Name
Polnisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1270   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Polish   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
24   
20
88   
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
bul   

ISO 639 3
pol   
bul   

ISO 639 6
pols   
buls   

Glottocode
poli1260   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Polish and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Bulgarian language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 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 Polish and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Polish vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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