Bulgarian Language

Bulgarian ( (listen), bu(u)l-GAIR-ee-ən; български, bǎlgarski, pronounced [ˈbɤɫɡɐrski] (listen)) is a South Slavic language spoken in Southeastern Europe, primarily in Bulgaria. It is the language of Bulgarians. Along with the closely related Macedonian language (collectively forming the East South Slavic languages), it is a member of the Balkan sprachbund and South Slavic dialect continuum of the Indo-European language family. The two languages have several characteristics that set them apart from all other Slavic languages: changes include the elimination of case declension, the development of a suffixed definite article and the lack of a verb infinitive, but it retains and has …

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DDN: Dundurn Press · 21 September 2019 English

The fascinating life story of Ignat Kaneff, one of Canada’s leading builders. When Ignat Kaneff arrived in Canada in 1951, he had five dollars to his name, spoke no English, …

was excited to celebrate and honour the Bulgarian language and the Cyrillic alphabet. To the people non-Slavic neighbours would also influence the Bulgarian language, most notably the Turks living within our dialects. For many years, there was no official Bulgarian language, only variations of Old Church Slavonic continued development as a civilized people, the Bulgarian language was also a powerful symbol of our determination


UTP: University of Toronto Press · 1995 English

Macedonians started immigrating to Canada in the late 1800s, yet the community has never had its history recorded - until now. Lillian Petroff, in her book Sojourners and Settlers, has …

residents had recognized the exarch and set up Bulgarian-language Christian schools. The Patriarchists, or


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