Bulgarian
Eastern South Slavic language
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Summary
Bulgarian is a language[1]. Bulgarian ranks in the top 0.21% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,029 views/month, #12 of 5,611).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Bulgaria[3], North Macedonia[4], Ukraine[5], Serbia[6], Romania[7], Greece[8], Turkey[9], Moldova[10], Albania[11], Russia[12]
- Instance of: modern language[13]
- Location: Balkans[14]
- Subclass of: South Slavic[15]
- Writing system: Bulgarian alphabet[16], Bulgarian Braille[17], Cyrillic script[18]
- Commons category: Bulgarian language[19]
- Wikimedia language code: bg[20]
- Said to be the same as: Macedonian[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bulgarian language[22]
- Language regulatory body: Institute for Bulgarian Language[23]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 9,000,000[24]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27]
- Topic has template: Template:Bulgarian language[28]
- Has characteristic: spoken language[29]
- Native label: български език[30]
- Short name: болгарська[31], bolqarca[32], баўгарская[33], болгайраг[34], болгарский[35], български[36], балгарская[37]
- Different from: Bulgar[38]
- UNESCO language status: 1 safe[39]
- History of topic: history of the Bulgarian language[40]
- Indigenous to: Bulgaria[41], Xanthi Prefecture[42], Pirot District[43], Edirne Province[44]
- Female form of label: la langue bulgare[45]
- Studied by: Bulgarian philology[46], Bulgarian studies[47]
Why It Matters
Bulgarian has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Bulgarian is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]