Countries
Belarus, Poland
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4821
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3919
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
-
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
Bwakeye
Thank You
Dziakuj
Urakoze
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Dabranač
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
Mwaramutse
Please
Kali laska
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Vybačajcie
Ndasubiza
Bye
da pabačennia
N’agasaga
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Ha
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Shubi
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.63 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million8.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.89 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
biélorusse
rundi
German Name
Weißrussisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
18th century
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Eastern
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Kirundi
Language Position
7986
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
be
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
run
ISO 639 2/B
bel
run
ISO 639 3
bel
run
ISO 639 6
bel
run
Glottocode
bela1254
rund1242
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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