Countries
Japan
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Korean Language
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9948
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1439
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
dobry dzień
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Dziakuj
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Jak vy ?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Dabranač
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
dobry dzień
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Dobraj ranicy
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Kali laska
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Vybačajcie
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
da pabačennia
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Sanuki
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Kagawa
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
kansai
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
japonais
biélorusse
German Name
Japanisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Belarusians
Origin
1185
18th century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Japanese
Belarusian
Language Position
879
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
bel
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
bel
ISO 639 3
jpn
bel
ISO 639 6
jpn
bel
Glottocode
nucl1643
bela1254
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
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-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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