Bulgarian is spoken by 8,900,000 people: 7,986,000 in Bulgaria, 361,000 in Moldova, 270,000 in Turkey, 234,000 in Ukraine, 49,000 elsewhere.
Publishing History
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1823.
The New Testament was first published in 1840.
The complete Bible was first published in 1864.
This Page
This shows the first few verses from John's Gospel in the Thomson version, first published in 1923 by British & Foreign Bible Society, Sofia. This page is taken from a Bible by United Bible Societies, 1991.
Part of the Bible was published for the first time in 1823.
The New Testament was first published in 1840.
The complete Bible was first published in 1864.