Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3049
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
614
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3635
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Моля (Molja)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Badaga
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Urali
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
kerala
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
5820
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.80 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
bulgare
kannada
German Name
Bulgarisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Kannadiga
Origin
9th Century
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Modern Kannada
Language Position
8831
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
kan
ISO 639 2/B
bul
kan
ISO 639 3
bul
kan
ISO 639 6
buls
kan
Glottocode
bulg1262
nucl1305
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-