Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
bulgare
  
marathe
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
10th 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
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available