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Estonian and Belarusian


Belarusian and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Belarus, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Belarus, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Poland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
Russian and Ukrainian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
39  
28

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
dobry dzień  

Thank You
aitäh  
Dziakuj  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Jak vy ?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Dabranač  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Dobry viečar  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
dobry dzień  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Dobraj ranicy  

Please
Palun  
Kali laska  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Vybačajcie  

Bye
Head aega  
da pabačennia  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
JA liubliu ciabie  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Vybačajcie  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
North-Eastern Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
North-East Belarus  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
South-Western Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
South-West Belarus  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Middle Belarusian  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Middle Belarus  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
9.63 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
5.89 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  

French Name
estonien  
biélorusse  

German Name
Estnisch  
Weißrussisch  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Belarusians  

History

Origin
13th century  
18th century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Slavic  

Branch
Finnic  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Belarusian  

Language Position
22  
20
79  
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Belarusian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
be  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
bel  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
bel  

ISO 639 3
est  
bel  

ISO 639 6
est  
bel  

Glottocode
esto1258  
bela1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Estonian 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 Estonian and Belarusian dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Belarusian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Belarusian Dialects are spoken in different Belarusian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Belarusian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian , South-Western Belarusian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and Belarusian Language Codes

Estonian and Belarusian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Belarusian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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