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Belarusian and Greek


Greek and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Poland  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
Armenian  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
39  
28
17  
7

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
Dabranač  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
Kali laska  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
da pabačennia  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Griko  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
biélorusse  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
18th century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Hellenic  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
79  
99+
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
gre  

ISO 639 3
bel  
ell  

ISO 639 6
bel  
ells  

Glottocode
bela1254  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Belarusian and Greek Speaking population

Belarusian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Belarusian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Greek Language Codes

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

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