Bulgarian
Let an agent describe the Bulgarian language and its varieties, support learning and translation, explain status and regulation, present the Macedonian question neutrally with attribution, and provide history with sources.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Learn Learning Bulgarian.
Start
Getting started.
Start
Getting started.
- How can someone start learning Bulgarian, and which resources exist? action
- What are its main grammatical features, such as the definite article and verb system? definition
Script
Cyrillic and pronunciation.
Script
Script.
- How is the Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet used and pronounced, and how is it transliterated? provenance
- Which transliteration standard applies? provenance
Use Translation and varieties.
Translate
Translation.
Translate
Translation.
- How should this text be translated into or from Bulgarian, with attention to register? action
- Which dictionaries are authoritative? provenance
Dialects
Dialects and diaspora.
Dialects
Dialects.
- What are the eastern and western dialect groups, and how is Bulgarian spoken in Ukraine, Moldova and Turkey? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific variety? action
Status Status and debates.
Official
Official status.
Official
Status.
- What is the legal status of Bulgarian in Bulgaria, the EU and neighbouring countries? provenance
- Which bodies regulate it? provenance
Macedonian
The Macedonian question.
Macedonian
Macedonian question.
- What are the attributed positions of Bulgarian, North Macedonian and international linguists on the relationship between Bulgarian and Macedonian? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
History History and literature.
History
History of Bulgarian.
History
History.
- How did Bulgarian develop from Old Church Slavonic through Middle Bulgarian to the modern standard? provenance
- Which texts are landmarks? provenance
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- What are the major works of Bulgarian literature? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific work? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Bulgarian language in Turkey, Bulgarian language in Moldova, Bulgarian language in Ukraine, Bulgarian language in Bulgaria, Western Bulgarian, Ohrid dialect, Breznik dialect, Eastern Bulgarian, Pomak, Struga dialect, Rup dialects, Thracian dialect
What it is Filled
A South Slavic language spoken by about seven million people, the official language of Bulgaria and spoken by communities in Ukraine, Moldova, Turkey and elsewhere, written in the Cyrillic alphabet, with eastern and western dialect groups and a standard developed in the nineteenth century; Bulgarian is notable among Slavic languages for its definite article and loss of case, and its relationship to Macedonian is a subject of attributed linguistic and political positions.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe the Bulgarian language and its varieties, support learning and translation, explain status and regulation, present the Macedonian question neutrally with attribution, and provide history with sources.
Distinguishing features Filled
- South Slavic
- Definite article and no cases
- Cyrillic script
- Diaspora communities
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present one side of the Bulgarian and Macedonian language question as settled fact.
- Treat one dialect as the whole language or mock dialect speakers.
- Deliver unchecked machine translation for legal, medical or official documents.
- Transliterate names in a way that misidentifies a person.
Only with a human decision
- Certified or official translation of documents that affect a person's rights.
May
- Translate to and from Bulgarian and state when a translation is machine-made.
- Describe the language, its alphabet and dialects from linguistic sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Language is tied to national identity; partisan framing can inflame disputes.
- Poor translation can cost people access to services and justice.
Who is affected
- Bulgarian speakers
- Speakers of neighbouring languages
- People relying on translations
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; it belongs to its speakers, with the national language institute codifying the standard.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q146665 - registry parent class
related
- South Slavic - category
- Swedish - another language entry
- Malay - another language entry
- alphabet - the Cyrillic alphabet
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.bulgarian
- Wikidata: Q7918 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7918)
- ISO 639-1: bg language code
- ISO 639-3: bul language code
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- South Slavic language
- Cyrillic alphabet
- Analytic grammar with definite article
- Not physical; spoken and written language in Cyrillic.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe the language and its dialects
- support learning and translation
- explain status and regulation
- present contested questions neutrally
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Partisan presentation of the Macedonian language question
- Overgeneralising dialects
- Machine translation errors
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences language norms
- National and EU official language status
- Minority language provisions in other countries
Context of use required Filled
- A South Slavic language.
- Standard Bulgarian
- eastern dialects
- western dialects
- Bulgarian in diaspora communities
- historical Old and Middle Bulgarian
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7918: Bulgarian - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Bulgarian language - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should dialects be separate entries?
- How should dictionaries be linked?
- How should contested questions be attributed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7918/spec.json