Countries
India, Nepal
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
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 in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
Nepali and Bulgarian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Nepali and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Bulgarian language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Nepali vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Bulgarian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Nepali and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.