Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
  
India
  
Second Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
dobry dzień
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Dziakuj
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Dabranač
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Kali laska
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
Vybačajcie
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
da pabačennia
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million
  
26
Not Available
  
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
biélorusse
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Weißrussisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
18th century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Belarusian
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
be
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bel
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
bel
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
bel
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bela1254
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available