Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
dobry dzień
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Dziakuj
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Dabranač
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Kali laska
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Vybačajcie
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
da pabačennia
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million
  
26
Not Available
  
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
biélorusse
  
arménien
  
German Name
Weißrussisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
Armenians
  
Origin
18th century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Belarusian
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
be
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bel
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
bel
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
bel
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bela1254
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic