Countries
Belarus, Poland
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4862
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
62
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3960
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Dziakuj
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Dabranač
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Kali laska
амритана
Sorry
Vybačajcie
Амарахь
Bye
da pabačennia
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
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Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Bzyb
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Sadz
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Turkey
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.63 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.89 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
biélorusse
abkhaze
German Name
Weißrussisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Abkhaz people
Origin
18th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Eastern
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Abkhaz
Language Position
7928
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
abk
ISO 639 2/B
bel
abk
ISO 639 3
bel
abk
ISO 639 6
bel
abks
Glottocode
bela1254
abkh1244
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative