Countries
Belarus, Poland
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Ethiopia
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
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Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4833
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3931
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
Selam
Thank You
Dziakuj
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Dabranač
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Kali laska
i'bakwon
Sorry
Vybačajcie
aznallehu
Bye
da pabačennia
tschao
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
yiqirta
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Gondar
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Gondar
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Gojjami
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Showa
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.63 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.89 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
biélorusse
amharique
German Name
Weißrussisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Amharas
Origin
18th century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Semitic
Branch
Eastern
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Amharic
Language Position
7955
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
amh
ISO 639 2/B
bel
amh
ISO 639 3
bel
amh
ISO 639 6
bel
amh
Glottocode
bela1254
amha1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional