Countries
South Africa
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Poland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5348
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
106
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4339
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
dobry dzień
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Unjani
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Dabranač
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Molo
Dobraj ranicy
Please
Ndicela
Kali laska
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Vybačajcie
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
da pabačennia
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
South Africa
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Thembu
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
South Africa
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
19.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
xhosa
biélorusse
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Belarusians
Origin
16th Century
18th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Belarusian
Language Position
2179
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
bel
ISO 639 2/B
xho
bel
ISO 639 3
xho
bel
ISO 639 6
xho
bel
Glottocode
xhos1239
bela1254
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
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
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Language Morphological Typology
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