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The [[Bulgarian language]] is a [[South Slavic languages|South Slavic language]] that is very similar to the [[Macedonian language]]. It is spoken by around 9 million people.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bulgarian language|url=/proxy/https://www.questia.com/read/1E1-BulgarLan/bulgarian-language|website=The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.|publisher=[[Columbia University]] Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rehm|first1=Georg|last2=Uszkoreit|first2=Hans|title=The Bulgarian Language in the European Information Society|url=/proxy/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-30168-1_8|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]]}}</ref> There are some notable differences in the Bulgarian language that set it apart from other Slavic languages. For example, Bulgarian lost almost all of the [[noun]] [[case (grammar)|cases]]. The language also developed a [[Article (grammar)|definite article]]. |
The [[Bulgarian language]] is a [[South Slavic languages|South Slavic language]] that is very similar to the [[Macedonian language]]. It is spoken by around 9 million people.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bulgarian language|url=/proxy/https://www.questia.com/read/1E1-BulgarLan/bulgarian-language|website=The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.|publisher=[[Columbia University]] Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rehm|first1=Georg|last2=Uszkoreit|first2=Hans|title=The Bulgarian Language in the European Information Society|url=/proxy/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-30168-1_8|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]]}}</ref> There are some notable differences in the Bulgarian language that set it apart from other Slavic languages. For example, Bulgarian lost almost all of the [[noun]] [[case (grammar)|cases]]. The language also developed a [[Article (grammar)|definite article]]. |
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The Bulgarian language is written with the [[Cyrillic script]]. The Cyrillic script was developed in the [[First Bulgarian Empire]],<ref name="Cubberley1996">{{cite book| last = Daniels| first = Peter T.| title = The World's Writing Systems| year = 1996| publisher = Oxford University Press on Demand| isbn = 0-19-507993-0 }}</ref> and is now used in 12 other languages. |
The Bulgarian language is written with the [[Cyrillic script]]. The Cyrillic script was developed in the [[First Bulgarian Empire]],<ref name="Cubberley1996">{{cite book| last = Daniels| first = Peter T.| title = The World's Writing Systems| url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780195079937| year = 1996| publisher = Oxford University Press on Demand| isbn = 0-19-507993-0 }}</ref> and is now used in 12 other languages. |
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Revision as of 06:37, 26 January 2021
Bulgarians are a South Slavic[1][2][3] people from southeast Europe. There are around 7.3 million Bulgarian nationals.[4] The Bulgarians speak the Bulgarian language and most of them live in Bulgaria. There is also a large diaspora of Bulgarians in Germany, Ukraine, Spain, UK and USA.
Culture
Language
The Bulgarian language is a South Slavic language that is very similar to the Macedonian language. It is spoken by around 9 million people.[5][6] There are some notable differences in the Bulgarian language that set it apart from other Slavic languages. For example, Bulgarian lost almost all of the noun cases. The language also developed a definite article.
The Bulgarian language is written with the Cyrillic script. The Cyrillic script was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire,[7] and is now used in 12 other languages.
Religion
Bulgarian Orthodoxy has been the prominent religion in Bulgaria since 870 AD. There are also a small amount of Bulgarians who converted to Islam during Ottoman rule.[8]
References
- ↑ Slavs
- ↑ Minahan, James (2000). One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30984-7. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
- ↑ Cultural Proximity of the Slavic Nations
- ↑ Danver, Steven L. (2015). Native Peoples of the World: An Encylopedia of Groups, Cultures and Contemporary Issues: An Encylopedia of Groups, Cultures and Contemporary Issues. Routledge. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-317-46400-6.
- ↑ "Bulgarian language". The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Columbia University Press.
- ↑ Rehm, Georg; Uszkoreit, Hans. "The Bulgarian Language in the European Information Society". Springer Science+Business Media.
- ↑ Daniels, Peter T. (1996). The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press on Demand. ISBN 0-19-507993-0.
- ↑ "Social Construction of Identities: Pomaks in Bulgaria, Ali Eminov, JEMIE 6 (2007) 2 © 2007 by European Centre for Minority Issues" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-02-11.
