Countries
Belarus, Poland
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
South Africa
Second Language
Poland
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4832
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
615
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3917
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
dobry dzień
hallo
Thank You
Dziakuj
Dankie
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Dabranač
goeie nag
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
goeie more
Please
Kali laska
asseblief
Sorry
Vybačajcie
jammer
Bye
da pabačennia
Totsiens
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
-
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Namibia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Cape Dutch
French Name
biélorusse
afrikaans
German Name
Weißrussisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Afrikaners
Origin
18th century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Germanic
Branch
Eastern
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
7923
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
afr
ISO 639 2/B
bel
afr
ISO 639 3
bel
afr
ISO 639 6
bel
afrs
Glottocode
bela1254
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic