Bulgarians
South Slavic ethnic group
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Summary
Bulgarians is an ethnic group[1]. Bulgarians ranks in the top 5% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,240 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Bulgarian[3]
- Religion or worldview: Catholicism[4], Eastern Orthodoxy[5], Islam[6]
- Country: Bulgaria[7], United States[8], Ukraine[9], Germany[10], Spain[11], United Kingdom[12], Moldova[13], Italy[14], Greece[15], Russia[16], Netherlands[17], Canada[18], Serbia[19], Australia[20]
- Named after: Bulgars[21]
- Subclass of: South Slavs[22]
- Has part(s): Pomaks[23], Bessarabian Bulgarians[24], Banat Bulgarians[25], Macedonian Bulgarians[26], Thracian Bulgarians[27]
- Population: 7,000,000[28]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[29], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire[32]
- Native label: българи[33]
- Different from: Bulgari[34], Balghar[35], Bulgarians[36], bugger[37]
- Studied by: Bulgarian philology[38], Bulgarian studies[39]
Why It Matters
Bulgarians has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Bulgarians is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]