Bulgarian – ALA-LC transliteration system
Bulgarian virtual keyboard
The Bulgarian virtual keyboard allows you to enter characters with a click of your mouse. There’s no need to change your keyboard layout anymore. The transliteration of each supported character is displayed on the right side of the character. You can then directly transliterate your text from one script to the other according to the selected transliteration system.
Language overview
Bulgarian (български език, transliterated as balgarski ezik) is an Indo-European language from the Slavic linguistic group. Written in the Cyrillic alphabet, it is spoken in the Balkans and counts about 10 million speakers, mainly in Bulgaria where it is the official language.
Transliteration system: ALA-LC
ALA-LC is a set of standards for the romanization, or representation of texts in other writing systems using the Latin alphabet. This label includes the initials of the American Library Association (ALA) and the Library of Congress (LC). This system is used to represent bibliographic names by North American libraries and the British Library, as well as in publications throughout the English-speaking world.
Other transliteration systems for Bulgarian
The other currently supported transliteration systems for Bulgarian are: Andreychin (UN), BGN/PCGN, Danchev, ISO 9, and streamlined.
Books
Intensive Bulgarian: A Textbook & Reference Grammar (Vol 1)
by Ronelle Alexander, Olga M. Mladenova, editors University of Wisconsin Press (2000)
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Intensive Bulgarian: A Textbook & Reference Grammar (Vol 2)
by Ronelle Alexander, Olga M. Mladenova, editors University of Wisconsin Press (2000)
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A comprehensive Bulgarian grammar for foreign learners
by Lily Earl, editors Daniela Ubenova (2000)
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Le bulgare de poche
by Elena Engelbrecht, editors Assimil (2009)
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Parlons bulgare
by Margarita Vassileva, editors L’Harmattan (1996)
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Dicionário Editora de Português-Búlgaro
by Margarita Drenska, editors Porto (2006)
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Bulgarian links
Other supported languages
The other supported languages are: Abkhaz, Adyghe, Altai, Armenian (eastern, classical), Armenian (western), Azerbaijani (Azeri), Bashkir, Belarusian, Carrier, Cherokee, Chuvash, Erzya, Georgian, Greek, Ingush, Inuktitut, Japanese, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Moldovan, Old Church Slavonic, Ossetian, Russian, Serbian, Tamazight, Tigrinya, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Vai, and Yakut.