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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

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