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Romanian vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
31   
13
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
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   

History

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   

Language Position
36   
28
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Romanian and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Bulgarian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Romanian vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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