Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
  
France
  
Second Language
Poland
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
dobry dzień
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Dziakuj
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Dabranač
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Kali laska
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Vybačajcie
  
désolé
  
Bye
da pabačennia
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million
  
26
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
Français
  
French Name
biélorusse
  
français
  
German Name
Weißrussisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
18th century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Belarusian
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
be
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bel
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
bel
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
bel
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
bela1254
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic