Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast 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
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
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.
  
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
bulgare
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available