Editing Bulgar language (section)

=== Phonology ===
Unlike Volga Bulgarian and Chuvash, d'ization is seen in the {{IPA|/j/}} sounds at the beginning of words. [[Talât Tekin]] argues that this sound corresponds to the initial ''gy'' sound in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] and is pronounced close to it.<ref name=":02" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+Comparison of initial /j/<ref name=":02" />
!
!Danube Bulgar /<br> Old Church Slavonic
!Volga Bulgar
!Chuvash
!Common Turkic
|-
|snake
|ДИЛОМЬ (dilom')
| –
|ҫӗлен (śílen)
|''*yï̄lan''
|-
|pillow
|ДОХЬТОРЬ (dox'tor')
| –
|ҫытар (śytar)
|''*yogdu'' (Mongolian ''зогдор'')
|-
|''An ethnicity''
|ΔΟΥΑΡΗⲤ (dovaris)
|يوارى (yuwāri)
| –
| –
|-
|seven
|ЧИТ (čit)
|جىَاتِ (čyeti)
|ҫиччӗ (śiččĕ)
|''*yẹti''
|}