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Swahili and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Bulgaria   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Asante   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
tafadhali   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
pole   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
bye   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
nakupenda   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Balgarski   

French Name
swahili   
bulgare   

German Name
Swahili   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Not Available   

History

Origin
6th century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Bantu   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
Not Available   
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
bul   

ISO 639 3
swa   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
swah1254   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Swahili and Bulgarian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swahili and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Bulgarian Language Codes

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