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Malayalam and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Bulgaria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
6   
3

How Many Consonants
41   
30
36   
26

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
India   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
Not Available   

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Balgarski   

French Name
malayalam   
bulgare   

German Name
Malayalam   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
29   
24
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
bul   

ISO 639 3
mal   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
mala1464   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Malayalam and Bulgarian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malayalam and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malayalam and Bulgarian Speaking population

Malayalam and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malayalam and Bulgarian on Malayalam vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Bulgarian Language Codes

Malayalam and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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