Speaker Numbers

International Speaker Numbers according to

EGIDS (Ethnologue)	Source	UNESCO	Source	ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project)	Source
7 921 000		Site under maintenance (will be updated)		Not listed

National Speaker Numbers

Country	Language	National Speaker Number	Bases for Calculation	Year	Source
Bulgaria	Bulgarian	5 037 607 (given)	Mother Tongue	2021
Greece	Bulgarian	75 900 (based on nationality)	Users	2011
Hungary	Bulgarian	5 112 (given)	Spoken language	2022
Romania	Bulgarian	4 478 (given)	Mother Tongue	2021
Serbia	Bulgarian	7 939 (given)	Mother Tongue	2022
Slovakia	Bulgarian	907 (given)	Mother Tongue	2021

Endangerment

International Endangerment according to

UNESCO	Source	ELCAT (Endangered Languages Project)	Source
Site under maintenance (will be updated)		Not listed

National Endangerment according to EGIDS (Ethnologue)

Country	Language	Endangerment Level	Source
Bulgaria	Bulgarian	1 (National)
Greece	Bulgarian	5* (Dispersed)
Hungary	Bulgarian	5* (Dispersed)
Romania	Bulgarian	5* (Dispersed)
Serbia	Bulgarian	2 (Provincial)
Slovakia	Bulgarian	Unlisted

Pan-National Official Language in

Bulgaria

ECRML-Recognised in

Hungary

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Non-ECRML in

Greece