Countries
Belarus, Poland
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
South Africa
Second Language
Poland
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Xhosa Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4857
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3950
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
Sawubona
Thank You
Dziakuj
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
unjani
Good Night
Dabranač
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Kali laska
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Vybačajcie
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
da pabačennia
bye
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Uxolo
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Qwabe
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
biélorusse
zoulou
German Name
Weißrussisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Zulu people
Origin
18th century
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Eastern
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Deep Zulu
Language Position
7987
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
zul
ISO 639 2/B
bel
zul
ISO 639 3
bel
zul
ISO 639 6
bel
zul
Glottocode
bela1254
zulu1248
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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