Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Kazakh language agency
  
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
dobry dzień
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Dziakuj
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Dabranač
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Kali laska
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Vybačajcie
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
da pabačennia
  
bye
  
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million
  
26
Not Available
  
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
biélorusse
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Weißrussisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
18th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Belarusian
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
be
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bel
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
bel
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
bel
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bela1254
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative