Countries
Belarus, Poland
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4825
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3920
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
Halo
Thank You
Dziakuj
Hvala
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Dabranač
Lahko noč
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Dober dan
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
Dobro jutro
Please
Kali laska
Prosim
Sorry
Vybačajcie
Oprostite
Bye
da pabačennia
Nasvidenje
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Oprostite
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Resian
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Italy
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Styrian
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
348
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.03 %
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)
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
biélorusse
slovène
German Name
Weißrussisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Slovenes
Origin
18th century
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Eastern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Slovene
Language Position
7928
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
slv
ISO 639 2/B
bel
slv
ISO 639 3
bel
slv
ISO 639 6
bel
slv
Glottocode
bela1254
slov1268
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional