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Belarusian vs Chinese


Chinese vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Poland  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
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Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
24  
19

How Many Consonants
39  
28
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Dabranač  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Kali laska  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
da pabačennia  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Wu  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
26
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Not Available  

French Name
biélorusse  
chinois  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Han  

History

Origin
18th century  
1250 BC  

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 Chinese  

Language Position
79  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
chi  

ISO 639 3
bel  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bela1254  
sini1245  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Belarusian and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Chinese language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Belarusian and Chinese Language History.

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Belarusian and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Chinese language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Belarusian vs Chinese Difficulty

The Belarusian vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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