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Somali vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Somalia  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
  • 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
Afar and Oromo Language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Fadlan  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
sorry  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
Bulgaria  

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Bulgaria  

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Bulgaria  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Balgarski  

French Name
somali  
bulgare  

German Name
Somali  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19th century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
83  
99+
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
bul  

ISO 639 3
som  
bul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
buls  

Glottocode
soma1255  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Somali and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Bulgarian language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Somali and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Somali vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Somali vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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