History of The Bulgarian Language

The History of the Bulgarian language can be divided into four major periods:

  • prehistoric period (from the time of the settlement of the Bulgarian Slavs on the Balkans until the late 9th century);
  • Old Bulgarian (from the late 9th until the 11th century);
  • Middle Bulgarian (from the 12th century to the 15th century);
  • Modern Bulgarian (from the 16th century onwards).

Bulgarian as a written language dates back to the end of the 9th century, i.e. from the time of Old Bulgarian.

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