Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3021
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3620
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Salama!
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Misaotra
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Maraina tsara
Please
Моля (Molja)
azafady
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Miala tsiny
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Veloma!
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Merina
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
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How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
582
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.80 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.21 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.80 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
9.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
bulgare
malgache
German Name
Bulgarisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Malagasy people
Origin
9th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Austronesian
Branch
Southern
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
standard Malagasy
Language Position
8884
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
bg
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
bul
mlg
ISO 639 3
bul
mlg
ISO 639 6
buls
mlg
Glottocode
bulg1262
mala1537
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
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