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Belarusian vs English


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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Hiberno-English   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

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   
26
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   
English   

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   
Not Available   

French Name
biélorusse   
anglais   

German Name
Weißrussisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Belarusians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
18th century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
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 Not Available while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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