BulPhonC is a Bulgarian speech database created for the purpose of ASR technology development. The total number of recorded individuals in the BulPhonC Bulgarian speech database is 140. For each of them information was collected about their gender, age, higher education (if any) and location in which they completed their secondary education. Each speaker read 149 phonetically balanced sentences. 23 speakers read also 171 additional sentences. The total number of pronounced sentences is 21891 -- around 32 hours of speech. All recordings have been performed in a soundproof room with condenser microphones.