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How easy is English for Bulgarian speakers?

Going from Bulgarian to English (English) has a composite linguistic distance of 71% (heuristic estimate). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

71% distance FSI Cat I (Easiest) — 600–750 hours
Lexical similarity
10%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
72%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
0%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
0%

Cyrillic → Latin

Genealogical kinship
40%

Indo-European ↔ Indo-European

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇧🇬 Bulgarian
The national museum presents an important collection of classical art.
🇬🇧 English
Националният музей представя важна колекция от класическо изкуство.
🇧🇬 Bulgarian
Modern science and technology change our lives every day.
🇬🇧 English
Съвременната наука и технологията променят живота ни всеки ден.

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