Belarusian and Cantonese
Countries
Belarus, Poland
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Hawaii
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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How Are You?
Jak vy ?
你好吗？
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
晚上好
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
下午好
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
早上好
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
我爱你
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Xiguan
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Hong Kong
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
biélorusse
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German Name
Weißrussisch
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Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Belarusians
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Origin
18th century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Eastern
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Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
be
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
bel
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ISO 639 2/B
bel
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ISO 639 3
bel
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
bela1254
cant1236
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
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Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Belarusian and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Belarusian and Cantonese Speaking population
Belarusian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Belarusian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Belarusian and Cantonese Language Codes
Belarusian and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Belarusian and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.