Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
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
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Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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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 (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)
  
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
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
1,051.00 million
  
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
  
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Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
Han
  
Origin
18th century
  
1250 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
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Branch
Eastern
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Belarusian
  
Standard Chinese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.