Let’s share a bit technical data.
A lot of you want to learn the Bulgarian alphabet. The first step for that is to set it up on your computers. That is how it works on Windows:
- Open Control Panel
- Double click on Regional and Language Options
- Go to the Language tab
- Click on the Details button. A new window will open.
- Use the Add button
- Find Bulgaria in the Input Language field
- Click on the OK button and save all changes
Please, let us know if you have any difficulties with the instructions above. Thanks!
P.S. Did you see our English-Bulgarian dictionary?
You can also add the Bulgarian alphabet on a Mac:
1. Click on the Apple in the upper left corner of your desktop.
2. Choose ‘System Preferences.’
3. Click on ‘Language & Text.’
4. First, add Bulgarian under the ‘Languages’ tab.
5. Click on the ‘Input Sources’ tab, and select Bulgarian. Be sure the box that says ‘Show Input menu in menu bar’ is checked.
6. When you restart, you will see the keyboard language selector in the upper right corner of your menu bar. You can now switch between your default language, and Bulgarian.
I add Bulgarian language at my pc with success but i can’t type..
it types the wrong letters! should i type with any specific way??
for example if i want to write dobro utro and try to click this letters on my keybord .. the result will be this “адфид кшид” …Can you please help me?
thank you so much in advance
I have the same problem as presented above!!!
@Natasha & M: you need to add the Bulgarian Phonetic keyboard layout
The original BG layout corresponds to the old Bulgarian typewriter machines. The Phonetic one corresponds (as much as possible) to the phonetic values of the english keyboard.
Not sure how it goes on Windows XP but all in all in the window described in point 4 (after clicking Details) you should be able to add more than one layout for every input language. Just look for Bulgarian Phonetic.
On Windows 7:
Control Panel => Region and Language => Keyboards and Languages tab => Change Keyboards => Add… => then find Bulgarian (Phonetic Traditional) in the list under Bulgarian. You can check as many layouts as you want. If you prefer Bulgarian (Phonetic), also included in Windows Vista, try that, too. They have some differences.
Note, if you add more than one layout for a language, a small keyboard-shaped icon appears next to the language abbreviation on the taskbar when you switch to this language. You can then use the mouse to click on this icon and choose your preferred layout.
This can also be set as keyboard shortcuts by clicking Advanced Key Settings tab => Change Key Sequences, in the last window (after clicking Change Keyboards)
@ Mac users – also have a Bulgarian (Phonetic) alphabet, accessible in the way described above by Shawn
Hope this helps
It usually helps to use Flextype in order to have Bulgarian phonetic layout, but I don’t have the right to download it on the computer I use at work.
It’s XP, so what can I do?
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