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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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