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English vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
33  
2

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Poland  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
South Africa  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
39  
28
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
Hello  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
Good Morning  

Please
Kali laska  
Please  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
Sorry  

Bye
da pabačennia  
Bye  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
American English  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
English  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
English  

French Name
biélorusse  
anglais  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
English people  

History

Origin
18th century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Standard English  

Language Position
79  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
eng  

ISO 639 3
bel  
eng  

ISO 639 6
bel  
engs  

Glottocode
bela1254  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Belarusian and English Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and English language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Belarusian and English Language History.

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Belarusian and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Belarusian and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and English language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Belarusian vs English Difficulty

The Belarusian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Belarusian and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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