Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Poland
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic, 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
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Dziakuj
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Dabranač
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Kali laska
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Vybačajcie
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
da pabačennia
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million
  
26
Not Available
  
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
biélorusse
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Weißrussisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
18th century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Belarusian
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
be
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bel
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
bel
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
bel
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
bela1254
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic