Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Hindi Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3053
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3641
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Моля (Molja)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pirdop
Doabi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
5830
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.21 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
bulgare
pendjabi
German Name
Bulgarisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Punjabis
Origin
9th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southern
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
8823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
bg
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
pan
ISO 639 2/B
bul
pan
ISO 639 3
bul
pan
ISO 639 6
buls
panj
Glottocode
bulg1262
panj1256
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional