Countries
Belarus, Poland
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Zambia
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4831
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3918
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
Moni
Thank You
Dziakuj
Zikomo
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Dabranač
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Kali laska
Chonde
Sorry
Vybačajcie
pepani
Bye
da pabačennia
anatsanzikana
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Pepani
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Kasungu
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.63 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.89 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
biélorusse
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Weißrussisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Chewa people
Origin
18th century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Eastern
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Chewa
Language Position
7927
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
nya
ISO 639 2/B
bel
nya
ISO 639 3
bel
nya
ISO 639 6
bel
nya
Glottocode
bela1254
nyan1308
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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