Bulgarian
Language
Bulgarian
alphabet, Bulgarian orthography, Bulgarian standardization,
and Bulgarian language history
Bulgarian
language
Bulgarian: Official language of
Number
of Bulgarian Speakers: Ten million in
Bulgarian Speakers: In other Balkan countries.
Language Classification: Slavic. Slavic languages are spoken
by more than 250 million people.
Bulgarian Alphabet: Composed of 30 letters in Cyrillic, like
Russian.
Bulgarian Orthography: Most letters stand for one sound
only. Most words are spelled phonetically. Nine tenses and
four moods. Bulgarian Standardization Efforts: Alphabet reform in the 19th century reduced number of letters from 44 to 32. |
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Bulgarian Language History: Earliest literature in 9th
century. Modern Bulgarian is based on Greek in the 15th
century. Conservative language in keeping verb tenses while
other Slavic languages were simplified. First language in
Cyrillic after its inception in 9th century.
Bulgarian Language Enriched by: Greek language.
Unique
Features of Bulgarian: Old Bulgarian language is a basis of
creation of Russian, Serbian, Slovene, and Croatian.
Bulgarian
language is included in the
Speech Assessment Methods
Phonetic Alphabet (SAMPA) which is a computer-readable
phonetic script using 7-bit printable ASCII characters based
on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
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