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 la…
Bulgarian (5,981 words)
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Makartsev, Maxim, “Bulgarian”, in: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online, Editor-in-Chief University of Kansas General Editor University of Chicago Associate Editors University of Kansas Brown University University of Amsterdam University of Warsaw University of Zagreb University of Mainz Stockholm University Marc L. Greenberg, Lenore A. Grenoble, Stephen M. Dickey, Masako Ueda Fidler, René Genis, Marek Łaziński, Anita Peti-Stantić, Björn Wiemer, Nadežda V. Zorixina-Nilsson. Consulted online on 03 June 2020 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-6229_ESLO_COM_031941>
First published online: 2020
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