Countries
Belarus, Poland
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Poland
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4826
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
624
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3923
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Dziakuj
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Dabranač
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Kali laska
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Vybačajcie
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
da pabačennia
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Mandarin
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Wu
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Yue
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million178.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
biélorusse
chinois
German Name
Weißrussisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Han
Origin
18th century
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Eastern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Standard Chinese
Language Position
791
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
zho
ISO 639 2/B
bel
chi
ISO 639 3
bel
zho
ISO 639 6
bel
zho
Glottocode
bela1254
sini1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating