Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Bulgaria, European Union
National Language
Turkey
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
Macedonian language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Merhaba
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
günaydın
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
lütfen
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
üzgünüm
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
Hoşçakal
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Balgarski
German Name
Türkisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Turkish
Not Available
Origin
c. 1350
9th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Southern
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Standard Bulgarian
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
buls
Glottocode
nucl1301
bulg1262
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
53-AAA-hb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Turkish 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 Turkish and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Bulgarian language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Turkish vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.