10 Interesting Facts about Bulgarian

1. Don’t confuse Bulgarian with Bulgar

In addition to the Bulgarian language, which, as we mentioned above, belongs to the Indo-European family, there is another one with a confusingly similar name – Bulgar. Bulgar, also known as Bolğar or Bulghar, is actually an extinct language that was spoken up until around the 10th century in parts of Russia and even reached today’s Romania and Italy.