Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
Bulgaria
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Interesting Facts
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
- 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.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Macedonian language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5230
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
166
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3636
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Kokan
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4258
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
68.00 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Balgarski
French Name
marathe
bulgare
German Name
Marathi
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Bulgarian people
Origin
10th century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Branch
Indic
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Marathi
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
1788
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
bul
ISO 639 2/B
mar
bul
ISO 639 3
mar
bul
ISO 639 6
mar
buls
Glottocode
mara1378
bulg1262
Linguasphere
omr
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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