Countries
Belarus, Poland
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4840
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
621
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3919
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Dziakuj
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Dabranač
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Kali laska
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Vybačajcie
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
da pabačennia
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Jeju
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
South Korea
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
South Korea
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
biélorusse
coréen
German Name
Weißrussisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Koreans
Origin
18th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Eastern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
7912
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
kor
ISO 639 2/B
bel
kor
ISO 639 3
bel
Kor
ISO 639 6
bel
kor
Glottocode
bela1254
kore1280
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative