Countries
India
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
India
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Not Available
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
oriya
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Not Available
  
Origin
3 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available