Countries
Belarus, Poland
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
France, Spain
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
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
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Spanish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4827
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3921
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
Kaixo
Thank You
Dziakuj
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Dabranač
Gabon
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
Egun on
Please
Kali laska
Mesedez
Sorry
Vybačajcie
Barkatu
Bye
da pabačennia
Agur
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Barkatu
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
France
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Souletin
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Spain
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million7.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million7.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Euskara
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
biélorusse
basque
German Name
Weißrussisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Basque people
Origin
18th century
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Eastern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Basque
Language Position
7930
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
be
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
eus
ISO 639 2/B
bel
baq
ISO 639 3
bel
eus
ISO 639 6
bel
eus
Glottocode
bela1254
basq1248
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative