Countries
Belarus, Poland
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Nigeria
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4829
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3917
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
dobry dzień
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
Dziakuj
e dupe
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
Dabranač
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
e kaasan
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
e kaaro
Please
Kali laska
Jowo
Sorry
Vybačajcie
binu
Bye
da pabačennia
bye
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Ede
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
biélorusse
yoruba
German Name
Weißrussisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Yoruba people
Origin
18th century
4 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Western Sudanic
Branch
Eastern
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Yorùbá
Language Position
7949
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
yor
ISO 639 2/B
bel
yor
ISO 639 3
bel
yor
ISO 639 6
bel
yor
Glottocode
bela1254
yoru1245
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-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating