Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
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
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
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.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
bulgare
  
bengali
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1000–1200 CE
  
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
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available