Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3027
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3615
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Bengali
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Khurumjari
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Nongale haugatl
Please
Моля (Molja)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Saobiganu
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Chatcharage
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Loi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Pangal
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
586
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.21 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
bulgare
Meithei
German Name
Bulgarisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Meithei people
Origin
9th Century
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Southern
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Standard Meithei
Language Position
8838
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
bg
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
mni
ISO 639 2/B
bul
mni
ISO 639 3
bul
mni
ISO 639 6
buls
mni
Glottocode
bulg1262
mani1292
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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