Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
bulgare
  
kannada
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available