Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
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.
  
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
Similar To
Macedonian language
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
80.00 million
  
20
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
bulgare
  
télougou
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 575
  
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
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Telugu
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
telu1262
  
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