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Belarusian and Swahili


Swahili and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

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  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
39  
28
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
Habari  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
Asante  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
Kali laska  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
pole  

Bye
da pabačennia  
bye  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
biélorusse  
swahili  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
18th century  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Eastern  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Swahili  

Language Position
79  
99+
21  
19

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
swa  

ISO 639 3
bel  
swa  

ISO 639 6
bel  
swa  

Glottocode
bela1254  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Belarusian and Swahili Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Belarusian and Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Belarusian and Swahili Speaking population

Belarusian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Belarusian and Swahili on Belarusian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Swahili Language Codes

Belarusian and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Belarusian and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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