Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
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
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
bulgare
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Malayali
  
Origin
9th Century
  
9th Century
  
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
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic