Languages of Bulgaria

Languages of Bulgaria
Languages of Bulgaria
Official	Bulgarian
Minority	Turkish, Romani
Foreign	Russian, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
Signed	Bulgarian Sign Language
Keyboard layout	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]

^ "Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria". National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Bulgaria – Languages". Ethnologue (22nd ed.). SIL International.