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Bengali and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • 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
Assamese and Oriya  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
51  
30
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
40  
29
36  
26

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
India  
Bulgaria  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
Not Available  

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
16
Not Available  

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Balgarski  

French Name
bengali  
bulgare  

German Name
Bengali  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
Indic  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
4  
4
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
bul  

ISO 639 3
ben  
bul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
buls  

Glottocode
beng1280  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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All Bengali and Bulgarian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bengali and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bengali and Bulgarian Speaking population

Bengali and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bengali and Bulgarian on Bengali vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Bulgarian Language Codes

Bengali and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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