Countries
Belarus, Poland
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Somalia
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Yemen
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4826
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3921
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
Hello
Thank You
Dziakuj
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Dabranač
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Kali laska
Fadlan
Sorry
Vybačajcie
sorry
Bye
da pabačennia
caraysiiyo
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
biélorusse
somali
German Name
Weißrussisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Somalis
Origin
18th century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Cushitic
Branch
Eastern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Somali
Language Position
7983
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
som
ISO 639 2/B
bel
som
ISO 639 3
bel
som
ISO 639 6
bel
som
Glottocode
bela1254
soma1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-