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Belarusian and Finnish


Finnish and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Poland  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
39  
28
13  
3

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
Moi  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Kali laska  
haluta  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
Anteeksi  

Bye
da pabačennia  
Heippa  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
60,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
0.01 million  
99+

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Suomi  

French Name
biélorusse  
finnois  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
18th century  
1543  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Eastern  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
79  
99+
22  
20

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
fin  

ISO 639 3
bel  
fin  

ISO 639 6
bel  
fin  

Glottocode
bela1254  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Belarusian and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Belarusian and Finnish Speaking population

Belarusian and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Finnish on Belarusian vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Finnish Language Codes

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

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