Bulgarian Language

Investing a property in Bulgaria, or taking a vacation is never a problem, but if interacting with a Bulgarian in his own language is a different thing. One must have a translator with him every time he sets off to start a conversation, and learning at least some Bulgarian sentence or phrase is a truly magnificent experience.

But if one is planning to relocate and live a new life in Bulgaria, learning, understanding and writing the language is a pure upgrade to someone like you.

The Language

The Bulgarian language is a affiliated with the Slavic language family, which is being spoken by more than 250 million people in central and eastern Europe, mostly though, the people in Balkan Peninsula and in northern Asia. There are three branches of modern Slavic language; East Slavic: Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian; South Slavic: Serbo-Croatian and Slovenian (western group) and Bulgarian (eastern group); Western Slavic: Slovak, Czech, and High and Low Sorbian.

As we all know, communication is important to someone who wants to be understood in order for things to go well. Here in Bulgaria, the Cyrillic alphabet is used. The problem though, is that it has a little similarity to Latin alphabet. However, it is considered phonetic and if one wants to learn the sounds of each letter, reading the words from the dictionary is a way to help you and to be understood.
In tourist places, certain communication between people who speak English can be found, but if one is relocating to a remote area, the odds are thinner for you to find one who can talk with you. Bulgarian students have been introduced in learning their second language in English, while older Bulgarians speak Russian. Most estate agents in Bulgaria have young Bulgarians who are being employed but they only speak basic English.
Understanding the Bulgarian language is considered a must to those who intend in traveling alone in Bulgaria. In the general public, a majority of police officers, public workers and citizens don’t understand English. Communicating in your own language here is virtually impossible.
Dig this. One must know an important thing that Bulgarians nods when they mean “no’ and shake their heads left to right when they mean “yes.”

You don’t want to get confused with that one, so one must really remember this!

Listening carefully to the words spoken is advisable for first timers, such as “da,” which means “yes” and “ne” meaning “no.” Careful understanding should be developed. Some Bulgarians do know when they are talking to foreigners; sometimes the shaking and nodding can be reversed, adding up to the puzzlement and general misunderstanding.