Bulgarian alphabet

Our students learned interesting facts about bulgarian language.

1. Bulgarian alphabet Kindergarten “ Zvanche ”- Pleven, Bulgaria

2. Where it comes? Bulgarian is an Indo-European language , a member of the Southern   branch of the   Slavic   language family .

3. History The development of the Bulgarian language may be divided into several periods: * Glagolitic * Prehistoric period   * Old Bulgarian * Modern Bulgarian

4. Glagolitic language - The   Glagolitic alphabet , also known as   Glagolitsa , is the oldest known Slavic alphabet , from the 9th century .

5. Prehistoric period  – occurred between the Slavonic migration to eastern Balkans and the mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius  to Great Moravia in the 860s.

6. Old Bulgarian – a literary norm of the early southern dialect of the   Common Slavic language from which Bulgarian evolved . It was used by   Saints Cyril and Methodius   and their disciples to translate the   Bible   and other liturgical literature from   Greek   into Slavic .

7. Modern Bulgarian – dates from the 16th century onwards, undergoing general grammar and syntax changes in the 18th and 19th centuries. 

8. Do you know how many letters there are in our language?

9. Today… … the Bulgarian language is one of the 23 official languages of the EC.

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