Bulgarian language: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Bulgarski ezik

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Map of Europe showing the geographic distribution of Slavic languages, color-coded by language group: East Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian), West Slavic (Polish, Kashubian, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian), and South Slavic (Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian). Striped areas indicate regions where bilingualism is common.

A family tree diagram showing the evolution of Slavic languages from Common Slavic, branching into West, South, and East Slavic groups, with further divisions into specific languages such as Polish, Czech, Russian, and Bulgarian.

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Boris I

Boris I

king of Bulgaria

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Petko Rachev Slaveykov

Bulgarian author

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Pencho Petkov Slaveykov

Bulgarian author

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