Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
Hong Kong, Macau
  
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
  
China, Guangdong
  
Second Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Hawaii
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
dobry dzień
  
您好
  
Thank You
Dziakuj
  
谢谢
  
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
  
你好吗?
  
Good Night
Dabranač
  
晚安
  
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
  
晚上好
  
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
  
下午好
  
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
  
早上好
  
Please
Kali laska
  
请
  
Sorry
Vybačajcie
  
遗憾
  
Bye
da pabačennia
  
再见
  
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
  
我爱你
  
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
  
原谅我
  
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Guangzhou
  
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
  
outside mainland China
  
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
  
Xiguan
  
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
  
Hong Kong
  
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
  
Hong Kong
  
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
  
Hong Kong
  
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
52.00 million
  
21
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million
  
26
Not Available
  
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Kwang Tung Wa
  
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
French Name
biélorusse
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Weißrussisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
18th century
  
17th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Belarusian
  
Standard Cantonese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
be
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bel
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
bel
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
bel
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bela1254
  
cant1236
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Belarusian and Cantonese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Belarusian and Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Cantonese language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Belarusian vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Belarusian vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Cantonese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Belarusian and Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.