Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
India, Pakistan
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
bulgare
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
9th Century
  
12th Century
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available