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Belarusian and Polish


Polish and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Belarus, Gambia   
Poland   

Second Language
Poland   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
39   
28
23   
13

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień   
cześć   

Thank You
Dziakuj   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Jak vy ?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Dabranač   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Dobry viečar   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy   
Dzień dobry   

Please
Kali laska   
proszę   

Sorry
Vybačajcie   
Przepraszam   

Bye
da pabačennia   
do widzenia   

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.61 %   
25

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)   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
biélorusse   
polonais   

German Name
Weißrussisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Belarusians   
Poles   

History

Origin
18th century   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Eastern   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Belarusian   
Polish   

Language Position
79   
99+
24   
20

Signed Forms
Not Available   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
be   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
bel   
pol   

ISO 639 3
bel   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
bela1254   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Belarusian and Polish 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 Polish dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Polish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Polish Dialects are spoken in different Polish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Polish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Polish dialects include: Kashubian , Masovian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Belarusian and Polish Speaking population

Belarusian and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. 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 Polish on Belarusian vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Polish Language Codes

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

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