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Spanish vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
2  
13

National Language
Spain  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Gracias  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Por Favor  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
triste  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
adiós  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
Not Available  

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
Not Available  

Native Name
Español  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Balgarski  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
bulgare  

German Name
Spanisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
210 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
2  
2
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
bul  

ISO 639 3
spa  
bul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
buls  

Glottocode
stan1288  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Spanish and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Bulgarian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Spanish vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

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