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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

National Language
Portugal  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
obrigado  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
boa noite  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Por Favor  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
tchau  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
Not Available  

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Português  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Português  
Balgarski  

French Name
portugais  
bulgare  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Not Available  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
6  
6
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
bul  

ISO 639 3
por  
bul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
buls  

Glottocode
port1283  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Portuguese and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Bulgarian language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century 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 Portuguese and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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