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| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5057 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes  Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 9 of 11 04 May 2012 at 6:39pm | IP Logged |
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I think that some Bulgarians do start to lose their knowledge of the language after a few generations but I
know of several second generation Bulgarians who speak the language natively or bilingually with English. The Bulgarian diaspora in New York is relatively young with most immigrants coming after the fall of Communism and very few coming from before then. In Chicago, the diaspora is older and came from the 1880s to 1920s; a lot of Bulgarian cultural events occur there and the Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, is visiting there in the near future so I'm guessing that a significant number of third and fourth generation Bulgarians have preserved their knowledge of the language there. Edited by Kartof on 04 May 2012 at 6:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Einarr Tetraglot Senior Member United Kingdom einarrslanguagelog.w Joined 4604 days ago 118 posts - 269 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian*, French, Russian Studies: Swedish | Message 10 of 11 05 May 2012 at 5:39pm | IP Logged |
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Reading this thread made me think if there are any Bulgarian schools out there in USA/Australia, and if yes, would parents be prone to send their children there (in parallel with their usual studies in an American/Australian etc. school), or they teach their children their mother tongue themselves? I just recalled that I've seen a reportage about such school kind of in Spain (I think.) Edited by Einarr on 05 May 2012 at 5:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5057 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 11 of 11 05 May 2012 at 6:48pm | IP Logged |
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No, there aren't many Bulgarian schools around here I think. The only one that comes to mind was the one
at the Bulgarian embassy in New York which I went to for a couple of lessons several years ago but I quit when I realized that it was way too basic for the level at which I was. However, I have a few friends who continued to go there for several years. Most children who do learn, learn from their parents. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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