Bulgarian – Streamlined transliteration system

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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: streamlined

The Streamlined System is the official Bulgarian system for the romanization of the Bulgarian language. It has been developed at the Department of Mathematical Logic at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and introduced in March 1995. It finally became part of Bulgarian law by way of the Transliteration Law passed in March 2009.

Specific rule

  • An exception to the rules was introduced by the Bulgarian authorities in 2006, mandating the transliteration of word-final -ия as -ia rather than -iya in given names and geographical names (such as Ilia, Maria and Bulgaria, Sofia, Trakia etc.). In 2009, a law passed by the Bulgarian parliament made this system mandatory for all official use and some types of private publications, expanding also the application of the ia-exception rule to all -ия in word-final position.

Other transliteration systems for Bulgarian

The other currently supported transliteration systems for Bulgarian are: ALA-LC, Andreychin (UN), BGN/PCGN, Danchev, and ISO 9.

Books

Intensive Bulgarian: A Textbook & Reference Grammar (Vol 1) Intensive Bulgarian: A Textbook & Reference Grammar (Vol 1)
by , editors University of Wisconsin Press (2000)
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Intensive Bulgarian: A Textbook & Reference Grammar (Vol 2) Intensive Bulgarian: A Textbook & Reference Grammar (Vol 2)
by , editors University of Wisconsin Press (2000)
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A comprehensive Bulgarian grammar for foreign learners
by , editors Daniela Ubenova (2000)
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Le bulgare de poche Le bulgare de poche
by , editors Assimil (2009)
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Parlons bulgare Parlons bulgare
by , editors L’Harmattan (1996)
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Dicionário Editora de Português-Búlgaro Dicionário Editora de Português-Búlgaro
by , editors Porto (2006)
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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.