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Belarusian and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
15  
12

How Many Consonants
39  
28
17  
7

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million  
99+
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
10.30 million  
40

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  

History

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
79  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Belarusian and Afrikaans Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Belarusian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Belarusian and Afrikaans Speaking population

Belarusian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Belarusian and Afrikaans on Belarusian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Afrikaans Language Codes

Belarusian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Belarusian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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