Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
India
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
Not Available
  
Native Name
اُردُو
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
ourdou
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
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
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Urdu 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 Urdu and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Bulgarian language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Urdu vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.