Countries
Belarus, Poland
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Poland
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Armenian
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4824
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3917
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Dziakuj
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Dabranač
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Kali laska
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Vybačajcie
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
da pabačennia
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Greece
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Griko
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Italy
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
biélorusse
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Weißrussisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
18th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Hellenic
Branch
Eastern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Modern Greek
Language Position
7974
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
ell
ISO 639 2/B
bel
gre
ISO 639 3
bel
ell
ISO 639 6
bel
ells
Glottocode
bela1254
gree1276
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic