Bulgarian language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Bulgarian |
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| български език bălgarski ezik |
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| Native to | Bulgaria, Turkey, Serbia, Greece, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and among emigrant communities worldwide |
| Region | Southeastern Europe |
| Native speakers | 9 million (2005–2012) |
| Language family |
Indo-European
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| Writing system | Cyrillic (Bulgarian alphabet) Bulgarian Braille |
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| Official language in |  Bulgaria European UnionMount Athos |
| Recognised minority language in |  Serbia Romania (Banatian variant) Ukraine |
| Regulated by | Institute for the Bulgarian language at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Институт за български език към Българската академия на науките (БАН)) |
| Linguasphere | 53-AAA-hb < 53-AAA-h |
Bulgarian (български език, [ˈbɤ̞lɡarski ɛˈzik]) is an Indo-European language. It is spoken mainly in Bulgaria and parts of North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine and Moldova. The Bulgarian language is similar to the Macedonian and the Serbian languages, which are part of the South Slavic branch of Slavic languages. There are nearly 9 million people in 2011 who use Bulgarian as their main language.
Bulgarian is a part of the so-called Balkan "Sprachbund" or linguistic group, which also includes Greek, Macedonian, Romanian, Albanian and Torlakian dialect of the Serbian language. This does not mean the languages are necessarily related, but that they share certain loanwords and grammatical characteristics due to frequent contact over the years.
Contents
Alphabet
| А а |
Б б |
В в |
Г г |
Д д |
Е е |
Ж ж |
З з |
И и |
Й й |
| К к |
Л л |
М м |
Н н |
О о |
П п |
Р р |
С с |
Т т |
У у |
| Ф ф |
Х х |
Ц ц |
Ч ч |
Ш ш |
Щ щ |
Ъ ъ |
Ь ь |
Ю ю |
Я я |
Related pages
Images for kids
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The Codex Zographensis is one of the oldest manuscripts in the Old Bulgarian language, dated from the late 10th or early 11th century
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Map of the Bulgarian dialects within Bulgaria
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Extent of Bulgarian dialects according to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences shown encompassing the Eastern South Slavic dialects. Subregions are differentiated by pronunciation of man and tooth.
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Areas of Eastern South Slavic languages.
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A modern form of the Bulgarian alphabet, derived from the cursive forms of the letters
See also
In Spanish: Idioma búlgaro para niños
