Langenesis

Indo-European family

Bulgarian

c. 1400 CE – today Living

Bulgarian (c. 1400 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Proto-South Slavic → Old Church Slavonic → Middle Bulgarian → Bulgarian.

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Speakers
8M (8,000,000)
ISO 639-3
bul
Glottocode
bulg1262

Eastern South Slavic. Modern literary standard formed in the 19th century.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Slavicc. 200 BCE – 600 CE
  3. Proto-South Slavicc. 600 CE – 900 CE
  4. Old Church Slavonic862 CE – 1100 CE
  5. Middle Bulgarianc. 1100 CE – 1400 CE
  6. Bulgarianc. 1400 CE – today

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