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==Description==
'''Bulgarian''' is the only language with official status and native for 85% of the population. Other major languages are '''Turkish and Romani''', which according to the 2011 census were spoken natively by 9.1% and 4.2% respectively.
<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Bulgaria," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria#:~:text=Bulgarian%20is%20the,and%204.2%25%20respectively., accessed 25 Aug 2021.</ref>
 
==Word List(s)==
'''Bulgarian'''
*[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/bulgarian.php Useful Bulgarian phrases (Omniglot)]
*[http://mylanguages.org/bulgarian_phrases.php Bulgarian phrases (MyLanguages)]
 
'''Turkish'''
*[[Turkish Genealogical Word List]]
*[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/turkish.php Useful Turkish phrases (Omniglot)]
*[http://mylanguages.org/turkish_phrases.php Turkish phrases (MyLanguages)]
 
'''Romani'''
*[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/romani.htm Useful Romani phrases (Omniglot)]
 
==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
'''Bulgarian'''
*[https://omniglot.com/writing/bulgarian.htm Bulgarian alphabet and pronunciation (Omniglot)]
*[http://mylanguages.org/bulgarian_alphabet.php Bulgarian alphabet and pronunciation (MyLanguages)]
*[http://mylanguages.org/learn_bulgarian.php Bulgarian basics and grammar (MyLanguages)]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_alphabet Bulgarian Alphabet (Wikipedia)]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_phonology Bulgarian Phonology (Wikipedia)]
 
'''Turkish'''
*[https://omniglot.com/writing/turkish.htm Turkish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_phonology Turkish Phonology (Wikipedia)]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_alphabet#Letters Turkish Alphabet (Wikipedia)]
 
'''Romani'''
*[https://omniglot.com/writing/romani.htm Romani Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_alphabets Romani Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)]
 
==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
'''Bulgarian'''
*[https://glosbe.com/en/bg English to Bulgarian Dictionary (Glosbe)]
*[https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/bulgarian.pdf Bulgarian transliteration information]
*[http://mylanguages.org/bulgarian_romanization.php Bulgarian Romanization converter (MyLanguages)]
*[http://www.lexilogos.com/english/bulgarian_dictionary.htm Online Bulgarian language resources (Lexilogos)]
*[http://aboutworldlanguages.com/bulgarian Bulgarian language overview (AboutWorldLanguages)]
 
'''Turkish'''
*[https://glosbe.com/tr/en Turkish to English Dictionary (Glosbe)]
*[https://www.duolingo.com/course/tr/en/Learn-Turkish Learn Turkish (Duolingo)]
 
'''Romani'''
*[https://glosbe.com/en/rom English to Romany (Romani) Dictionary (Glosbe)]
*[https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/romani/ Romani language overview (AboutWorldLanguages)]
*[https://app.memrise.com/course/80941/basic-romani/ Learn Basic Romani (Memrise)]
 
==Additional Resources==
*[[Bulgaria Research Tips and Strategies|Bulgaria Research Tips and Strategies]]
*[https://www.britannica.com/place/Bulgaria Bulgaria (Britannica)]
*[https://wikitravel.org/en/Bulgaria Bulgaria (Wikitravel)]
*[https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bulgaria Bulgaria (Wikivoyage)]
 
==References==
 
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[[Category:Bulgaria]]

Revision as of 14:43, 16 May 2008

Bulgarian is the primary language. It is a southern Slavic tongue and is written in the Cyrillic script. Minority groups speak their own languages. Records were kept in Bulgarian, Turkish, Greek, and Old Church Slavonic.