Countries
Belarus, Poland
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4831
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3926
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Dziakuj
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Dabranač
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Kali laska
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Vybačajcie
жал (žal)
Bye
da pabačennia
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Debar
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
328
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
biélorusse
macédonien
German Name
Weißrussisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Macedonians
Origin
18th century
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Slavic
Branch
Eastern
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Macedonian
Language Position
7945
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
bel
mac
ISO 639 3
bel
mkd
ISO 639 6
bel
mkd
Glottocode
bela1254
mace1250
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic