Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
scuze
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
La revedere
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
Not Available
  
Native Name
Română
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1521
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available