Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
vänligen
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
hej då
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
suédois
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swedish 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 Swedish and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Bulgarian language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Swedish vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.