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Belarusian and Zulu


Zulu 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   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
39   
28
50   
35

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   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Dziakuj   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Jak vy ?   
unjani   

Good Night
Dabranač   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Dobry viečar   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
Kali laska   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Vybačajcie   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
da pabačennia   
bye   

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus   
Gabon, South Africa   

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million   
26
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
biélorusse   
zoulou   

German Name
Weißrussisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Belarusians   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
18th century   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Eastern   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Belarusian   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
79   
99+
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
be   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
bel   
zul   

ISO 639 3
bel   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bela1254   
zulu1248   

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

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

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Belarusian and Zulu Speaking population

Belarusian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Belarusian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Zulu Language Codes

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

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