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English vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
2   
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
39   
28

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
Thank you   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
Please   
Kali laska   

Sorry
Sorry   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
Bye   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
I love you   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
North-East Belarus   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
South-West Belarus   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Middle Belarus   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
9.63 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
English   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
anglais   
biélorusse   

German Name
Englisch   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
18th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Belarusian   

Language Position
3   
3
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
bel   

ISO 639 3
eng   
bel   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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English and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of English vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Belarusian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Belarusian Language History.

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English and Belarusian 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 English and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Belarusian language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common English Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Belarusian Difficulty

The English vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Belarusian 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 English and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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