Countries
Belarus, Poland
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Dabranač
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Kali laska
tafadhali
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Samahani
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Kilwa
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
biélorusse
swahili
German Name
Weißrussisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
18th century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Swahili
Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
bela1254
swah1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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Belarusian and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Swahili language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Belarusian vs Swahili Difficulty
The Belarusian vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.