Bulgarian dialects are the regional varieties of the Bulgarian language, a South Slavic language. Bulgarian dialectology dates to the 1830s and the pioneering work of Neofit Rilski, Bolgarska gramatik
Names of Watermelon- dinya, lubenica, karpuza, boston
Names of Melon- papesh, pipon, kavun, moravec
The history of the Bulgarian language can be divided into three major periods:
Ceramic icon of St. Theodor, Preslav, c. 900, National Archaeological Museum, Sofia
A miniature from the Tetraevangelia depicting the tsar and the royal family