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Welsh vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Wales   
Bulgaria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • 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
English Language   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
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
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Diolch   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
Nos da   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
Hwyl   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Balgarski   

French Name
gallois   
bulgare   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Slavic   

Branch
Brythonic   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
Not Available   
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
bul   

ISO 639 3
cym   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
wels1247   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Welsh and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Bulgarian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Welsh and Bulgarian Language History.

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

Welsh vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Welsh vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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