Cantonese and Belarusian
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Belarus, Poland
National Language
China, Guangdong
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Russian and Ukrainian
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Jak vy ?
Good Evening
晚上好
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
下午好
dobry dzień
Good Morning
早上好
Dobraj ranicy
I Love You
我爱你
JA liubliu ciabie
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
North-East Belarus
Dialect 2
Xiguan
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
South-West Belarus
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Middle Belarus
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
cantonais
biélorusse
German Name
Kantonesisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Belarusians
Origin
17th century
18th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Belarusian
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Belarusian Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
be
ISO 639 3
No data available
bel
Glottocode
cant1236
bela1254
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese and Belarusian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Belarusian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Belarusian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Belarusian Dialects are spoken in different Belarusian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Belarusian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian , South-Western Belarusian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Belarusian Speaking population
Cantonese and Belarusian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Belarusian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Belarusian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Belarusian on Cantonese vs Belarusian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Belarusian Language Codes
Cantonese and Belarusian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Belarusian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.