1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Belarus, Poland
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Belarus, Gambia
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Poland
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
da pabačennia
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
9.63 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million7.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.89 million10.30 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
18th century
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Belarusian
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology