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) is a language mainly spoken in Bulgaria. It is also used in parts of North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine, and Moldova. Around 9 million people use Bulgarian as their main language.
Bulgarian belongs to a large group of languages called Indo-European. It is part of the Slavic family, specifically the South Slavic branch. This means it is similar to languages like Macedonian and Serbian.
Bulgarian is also part of a special group called the Balkan Sprachbund. This group includes languages like Greek, Macedonian, Romanian, and Albanian. These languages share some words and grammar rules because people speaking them have lived close to each other for a long time.
The Bulgarian Alphabet
The Bulgarian language uses the Cyrillic alphabet. This alphabet is also used for other Slavic languages like Russian and Serbian. The Bulgarian alphabet has 30 letters. It is very similar to the early Cyrillic alphabet.
Here are the letters of the Bulgarian 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
