The Bessarabian Bulgarians are a Bulgarian minority group of the historical region of Bessarabia, inhabiting parts of present-day Ukraine and Moldova.
Bulgarians at a wine festival in Bolhrad, November 2019
Bulgarian-inhabited areas in Moldova (pink)
The welcome sign of Tvardița, Moldova, written mostly in Bulgarian
Bulgarian is an Eastern South Slavic language spoken in Southeast Europe, primarily in Bulgaria. It is the language of the Bulgarians.
The Codex Zographensis is one of the oldest manuscripts in the Old Bulgarian language, dated from the late 10th or early 11th century