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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 240
Language name Bulgarian b�l�ɡeər�ən,
bυl�ɡeər�ən
Language name Breton �bretən
Autonym (if known and different) bʁøzōnək
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Indo-European Celtic
Language family Indo-European Slavic
Spoken in Brittany (France)
Spoken in Bulgaria
Approximate number of speakers 500k
Approximate number of speakers 8m
Writing system Roman
Writing system Cyrillic
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-penultimate
Stress variable
Contains following rare uvular; pharyngeal
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 9�nasal (5)
Said to have how many vowels? 6�nasalisation�diphthongs (2)
Marked vowel types front rounded
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology fusional word-based
Morphology fusional stem-based
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order SVO AN prepositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order VSO (with much NA prepositions
variation) NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena morphological aspect; conjugation classes
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; morphological aspect; dual; inflecting
prepositions
Points of interest
Points of interest initial mutations
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977), Ruhlen (1976),
Scatton (1993)
Sources Press (1986), Wmffre (1998a)