Countries
Belarus, Poland
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4837
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3946
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
Mhoro
Thank You
Dziakuj
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Dabranač
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Manheru
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Masikati
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
Mangwanani
Please
Kali laska
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Vybačajcie
Ndineurombo
Bye
da pabačennia
bye
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Karanga
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.63 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.89 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
biélorusse
shona
German Name
Weißrussisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Shona people
Origin
18th century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Eastern
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Standard Shona
Language Position
79107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
sna
ISO 639 2/B
bel
sna
ISO 639 3
bel
sna
ISO 639 6
bel
sna
Glottocode
bela1254
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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