Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
bulgare
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1000 AD
  
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
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional