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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
Bulgaria   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
7.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Balgarski   

French Name
russe   
bulgare   

German Name
Russisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Eastern   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
7   
7
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
bul   

ISO 639 3
rus   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
russ1263   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
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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Russian and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Bulgarian language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Russian vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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