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Belarusian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Belarus, Gambia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Poland   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   
Botswana, Lesotho   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
39   
28
43   
32

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień   
Molo   

Thank You
Dziakuj   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
Jak vy ?   
Unjani   

Good Night
Dabranač   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Dobry viečar   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy   
Molo   

Please
Kali laska   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Vybačajcie   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
da pabačennia   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million   
99+
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million   
26
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
biélorusse   
xhosa   

German Name
Weißrussisch   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Belarusians   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
18th century   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Eastern   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Belarusian   
isiXhosa   

Language Position
79   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
be   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
bel   
xho   

ISO 639 3
bel   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bela1254   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Belarusian and Xhosa Speaking population

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

Belarusian and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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