1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Belarus, Poland
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Belarus, Gambia
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Poland
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Pan South African Language Board
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Dobry viečar
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Qwabe
4.1.1 Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Ndebele
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
9.63 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.89 million16.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
isiZulu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Weißrussisch
Zulu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
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5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old East Slavic
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
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6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
99-AUT-fg
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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