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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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