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Languages of Bulgaria
OfficialBulgarian
MinorityTurkish, Romani
ForeignRussian, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
SignedBulgarian Sign Language
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Bulgarian

The official language of Bulgaria is Bulgarian,[1] which is spoken natively by 85% of the country's population. Other major languages are Russian, Turkish (9.1%), and Romani (4.2%)[2] (the two main varieties being Balkan Romani and Vlax Romani). There are smaller numbers of speakers of Armenian, Aromanian, Romanian, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz and Balkan Gagauz, Macedonian and English. Bulgarian Sign Language has an estimated 37,000 signers.[3]

Ethnicity map of Bulgaria
  1. ^ "Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria". National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2011Census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Bulgaria – Languages". Ethnologue (22nd ed.). SIL International.

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