Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
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
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
bulgare
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available