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LingoBear creates short Bulgarian passages on topics you choose. Tap any word for an instant English translation and build your vocabulary as you read. South Slavic language, 30-letter Cyrillic alphabet, postposed definite article, no noun cases (unique among Slavic), ~8M speakers.

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What makes Bulgarian unique among Slavic languages?

Bulgarian (български език) is the only Slavic language that has almost entirely lost its noun case system. Instead it marks definiteness with a postposed article: книга 'a book' → книгата 'the book'. It also has an evidential mood that distinguishes information you witnessed from information you only heard about.

Is Bulgarian and Macedonian the same language?

Bulgarian and Macedonian are very closely related South Slavic languages and largely mutually intelligible in writing. Linguists generally treat them as separate standards: Macedonian was codified after 1944, while Bulgarian's literary norm has roots going back to the 9th century Old Church Slavonic. Both share the postposed article and lack of cases.