Bulgarian language

E79813
Indo-European language South Slavic language standard language

Bulgarian is a South Slavic language spoken primarily in Bulgaria, notable for being the first Slavic language with a written literary tradition and for its distinctive grammatical features such as the loss of noun cases and the use of suffixed definite articles.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bulgarian 29
Bulgarian language canonical 8
Modern Bulgarian 2

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European language ⓘ
South Slavic language ⓘ
standard language ⓘ
belongsToSprachbund Balkan Sprachbund ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Macedonian ⓘ
surface form: Macedonian language

Serbian language ⓘ
Slovene ⓘ
surface form: Slovene language
country Bulgaria ⓘ
developedFrom Middle Bulgarian ⓘ
earliestWritingSystem Glagolitic script ⓘ
firstWrittenTradition 9th century ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers around 7 million native speakers ⓘ
hasDefiniteArticleType suffixed definite article ⓘ
hasDialects Eastern Bulgarian dialects ⓘ
Western Bulgarian dialects ⓘ
hasGlottocode bulg1262 ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature clitic doubling ⓘ
definite and indefinite noun forms ⓘ
evidentiality distinctions in the verb system ⓘ
lack of infinitive ⓘ
loss of most noun cases ⓘ
postposed definite article ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
three grammatical genders ⓘ
two grammatical numbers ⓘ
use of da-constructions instead of infinitive ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code bg ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code bul ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code bul ⓘ
hasNativeName български език ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between hard and soft consonants ⓘ
vowel reduction in unstressed syllables ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Modern Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet
historicalAncestor Church Slavonic ⓘ
surface form: Old Bulgarian

Church Slavonic ⓘ
surface form: Old Church Slavonic
influencedBy Church Slavonic ⓘ
Greek language ⓘ
Russian language ⓘ
Turkish language ⓘ
isFirstSlavicLiteraryLanguage true ⓘ
languageBranch Balto-Slavic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageGroup Slavic languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup South Slavic languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern South Slavic languages

South Slavic languages ⓘ
laterWritingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
surface form: Early Cyrillic script
officialLanguageOf Bulgaria ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
regulatedBy Bulgarian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Institute for Bulgarian Language ⓘ
spokenIn Bulgaria ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
diaspora communities worldwide ⓘ
standardBasedOn Eastern Bulgarian dialects ⓘ
status minority language in neighboring countries ⓘ
official language ⓘ
subclassOf Balkan Sprachbund language ⓘ
Slavic language ⓘ
usedAsLiturgicalLanguage Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
usedIn Bulgarian education system ⓘ
Bulgarian literature ⓘ
Bulgarian media ⓘ
usesAlphabet Cyrillic script ⓘ
surface form: Cyrillic alphabet
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Balkan Turkish → influencedBy → Bulgarian language ⓘ
Bulgarian Communist Party → language → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Bulgarian Sign Language (written form) → relatedTo → Bulgarian language ⓘ
Emil → hasLanguageOfUse → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Balto-Slavic languages → includesLanguage → Bulgarian language ⓘ
Nicholas → hasLanguageOfUse → Bulgarian language ⓘ
Varvara → languageOfUse → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
John → languageOfUse → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Alexey → usedInLanguage → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Common Slavic → ancestorOf → Bulgarian language ⓘ
Elena → usedInLanguage → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Tarnovo → languageUsed → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Nikopol → languageUsed → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Samokov → officialLanguage → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Bulgarian Army → primaryLanguage → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Northeastern Bulgaria → language → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
George (given name) → hasLanguageOfUse → Bulgarian language ⓘ
subject surface form: George
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Serbo-Croatian → hasLexicalSimilarityWith → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Nikolay → languageOfUse → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Tamara → usedIn → Bulgarian language ⓘ
Vsevolod → languageOfUse → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Dobrich → languageMajority → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Sandanski → officialLanguage → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Dzherman → languageOfName → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
BNA → hasLanguage → Bulgarian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Bulgarian People's Army
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Kazanlak → languageOfficial → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Devin → hasOfficialLanguage → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Lovech → languageUsed → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Middle Bulgarian → precedes → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modern Bulgarian
Middle Bulgarian → historicalPhaseOf → Bulgarian language ⓘ
Middle Bulgarian → transitionBetween → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Modern Bulgarian
Eastern Bulgarian dialects → partOf → Bulgarian language ⓘ
Eastern Bulgarian dialects → influencedBy → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Bulgarian
Torlakian dialects → transitionalBetween → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
lev → languageOfName → Bulgarian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Bulgarian lev
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Northern Bulgaria → language → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Southern Common Slavic (hypothesized dialect area) → underlies → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Kuzma → usedInLanguage → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Yulia → languageOfUse → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian
Zlatitsa → languageUsed → Bulgarian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian