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Nepali and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nepal  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
कृपया  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Bulgaria  

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Bulgaria  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
Not Available  

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Balgarski  

French Name
népalais  
bulgare  

German Name
Nepali  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
Indic  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
59  
99+
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
bul  

ISO 639 3
npi  
bul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
buls  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
12  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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All Nepali 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 Nepali and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Bulgarian Speaking population

Nepali and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Bulgarian on Nepali vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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