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Belarusian and Japanese


Japanese and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Japan  

Second Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Palau  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
39  
28
14  
4

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Kana  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Dabranač  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Kali laska  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
da pabačennia  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
日本語  

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

French Name
biélorusse  
japonais  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
18th century  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Japanese  

Language Position
79  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
bel  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
bel  
jpn  

Glottocode
bela1254  
nucl1643  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Belarusian and Japanese Speaking population

Belarusian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Belarusian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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