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Bulgarian language

NameBulgarian
NativenameБългарски език
Bălgarski ezik
FamilycolorIndo-European
StatesBulgaria, Turkey, Serbia, Greece, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Albania, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia and among emigrant communities worldwide
RegionThe Balkans
Speakers12 million
Fam2Balto-Slavic
Fam3Slavic
Fam4South Slavic
Fam5Eastern South Slavic
ScriptCyrillic
NationBulgaria
 
Mount Athos
MinoritySerbia
  (Banatian variant)
Ukraine 
Agencylanguage at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Институт за български език към Българската академия на науките (БАН))
Iso1bg|iso2=bul|iso3=bul
Lingua53-AAA-hb < 53-AAA-h
NoticeIPA

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Bulgarian (български език, -bgˈbɤ̞ɫɡɐrski ɛˈzikpron) is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.

Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the development of a suffixed definite article (see Balkan linguistic union), the lack of a verb infinitive, and the retention and further development of the Proto-Slavic verb system. Various evidential verb forms exist to express unwitnessed, retold, and doubtful action. Estimates of the number of people around the world who speak Bulgarian fluently range from about 9 to 12 million.


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