The article describes the Bulgarian language, its history, phonology, orthography, grammar, lexicon, stylistics, and current sociolinguistic status.The name of the language, Bulgarian (bălgаrski еzik ['bălgarski e'zik]), dates back to the ethnonym of the Bulgars, a Turkic tribe that spoke the Bulgar language (…
Bulgarian(5,762 words)
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Makartsev, Maxim, “Bulgarian”, in: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online, Editor-in-Chief General Editor Marc L. Greenberg, Lenore A. Grenoble. Consulted online on 01 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-6229_ESLO_COM_031941>
First published online: 2020
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