Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Zambia
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3031
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3618
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Moni
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Zikomo
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Моля (Molja)
Chonde
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
pepani
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
585
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.21 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.80 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
9.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
bulgare
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Bulgarisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Chewa people
Origin
9th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Southern
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Chewa
Language Position
8827
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
nya
ISO 639 2/B
bul
nya
ISO 639 3
bul
nya
ISO 639 6
buls
nya
Glottocode
bulg1262
nyan1308
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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