Wikipedia has an extremely long and complicated article on the Bulgarian Language. I hopped off to Simple Wiki and found the alphabet in a little box but not much else. It's a start:
Bulgarian alphabet from Simple Wiki.
If you want to learn to say it in order, that might help. Bulgarian alphabet:
ABVGDEZZIJKLMN.PRSTUFX Ts TS S St . . . ju ja
1 What is the same?
A
B capital in Bulgarian looks like an English lower case b with a hat or line across the top. The lower case b looks more like an Italic b or a number six.
2 Annoyingly confusing
What looks like a B is actually pronounced like a v.
The c sound looks like a simplified r with and upright and an upper stroke going right.
3 Totally New Letters
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| А а /a/ | Б б /b/ | В в /v/ | Г г /g/ | Д д /d/ | Е е /ɛ/ | Ж ж /ʒ/ | З з /z/ | И и /i/ | Й й /j/ |
| К к /k/ | Л л /l/ | М м /m/ | Н н /n/ | О о /ɔ/ | П п /p/ | Р р /r/ | С с /s/ | Т т /t/ | У у /u/ |
| Ф ф /f/ | Х х /x/ | Ц ц /ʦ/ | Ч ч /tʃ/ | Ш ш /ʃ/ | Щ щ /ʃt/ | Ъ ъ /ɤ̞/, /ə/ | Ь ь /◌ʲ/ | Ю ю /ju/ | Я я /ja/ |
If you want to learn to say it in order, that might help. Bulgarian alphabet:
ABVGDEZZIJKLMN.PRSTUFX Ts TS S St . . . ju ja
1 What is the same?
A
B capital in Bulgarian looks like an English lower case b with a hat or line across the top. The lower case b looks more like an Italic b or a number six.
2 Annoyingly confusing
What looks like a B is actually pronounced like a v.
The c sound looks like a simplified r with and upright and an upper stroke going right.
3 Totally New Letters
Dictionary and Phrase Book
Multi-Language
East European from Lonely Planet ₤2.99 .
East European Berlitz ₤4.99 pounds
Chambers
For free on the internet:
Duolingo: (Russian, and almost everything except Bulgarian!)
Memrise
Bulgaro
https://www.bulgaro.io/blog/bulgarian-on-duolingo
About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Teacher of English and other languages. Learn Languges Workshops for colleges and businesses.
About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Teacher of English and other languages. Learn Languges Workshops for colleges and businesses.
