Countries
South Africa
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
hallo
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
asseblief
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
jammer
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
Not Available
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
North-East Belarus
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
South-West Belarus
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
9.63 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
17th Century
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Western
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Belarusian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Belarusian language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Belarusian Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.