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at school are from an older generation and some are now deceased or as time has elapsed, have forgotten how to speak the language. When asked which two languages, other than their mother tongue, would be the most useful for children to learn in their future, an overwhelming majority of respondents
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The 2001 census defines an ethnic group as a "community of people, related to each other by origin and language, and close to each other by mode of life and culture"; and one's mother tongue as "the language a person speaks best and usually uses for communication in the family (household)".
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following the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, as well as Bulgarian converts to Islam who became Turkified during the centuries of Ottoman rule.
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Bulgarian is the country's only official language. It's spoken by the vast majority of the Bulgarian population and used at all levels of society. It is a
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At the 2011 Census, the optional question about native language was answered by 6,640,000 respondents, or just over 90% of the total population.
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was the most commonly known foreign language in Bulgaria (25% claimed workable knowledge of it), followed by
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constitute the second largest minority group in the country. The Romani in Bulgaria are descendants of
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constitute the largest minority group in the country. The Turks in Bulgaria are descendants of
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R.J.Crampton. "A concise history of Bulgaria", p. 36. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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The majority of the 9.8% who did not answer this question were among the young.
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Gypsies in the Ottoman Empire: a contribution to the history of the Balkans
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The Politics of National Minority Participation in Post-communist Europe
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Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019).
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Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
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According to a Eurobarometer survey conducted in 2012,
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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
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