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Telugu vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Bulgaria  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
  • 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  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
36  
26

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
58  
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
7.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
Not Available  

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
Not Available  

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  
Balgarski  

French Name
télougou  
bulgare  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 575  
9th Century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
15  
14
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
bul  

ISO 639 3
tel  
bul  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
buls  

Glottocode
telu1262  
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  

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Telugu and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Bulgarian language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Telugu and Bulgarian Language History.

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Telugu 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 Telugu and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Telugu and Bulgarian language. Telugu word for "Hello" is హలో (Halō) or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Telugu Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Telugu vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Telugu vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu 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 Telugu and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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