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Belarusian and Japanese


Japanese and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Belarus, Gambia   
Japan   

Second Language
Poland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   
Palau   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
48   
28
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
39   
28
14   
4

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Dziakuj   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Jak vy ?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Dabranač   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Dobry viečar   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Kali laska   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Vybačajcie   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
da pabačennia   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million   
26
Not Available   

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   
Not Available   

French Name
biélorusse   
japonais   

German Name
Weißrussisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Belarusians   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
18th century   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Belarusian   
Japanese   

Language Position
79   
99+
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
be   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
bel   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
bel   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bela1254   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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All Belarusian and Japanese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Belarusian and Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Belarusian and Japanese Speaking population

Belarusian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Belarusian and Japanese on Belarusian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Japanese Language Codes

Belarusian and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Belarusian and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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