Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
dobry dzień
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
Dziakuj
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
Dabranač
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
Kali laska
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
Vybačajcie
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
da pabačennia
  
bye
  
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
8.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million
  
26
Not Available
  
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
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Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
biélorusse
  
shona
  
German Name
Weißrussisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
18th century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Belarusian
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
be
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bel
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
bel
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
bel
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
bela1254
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Belarusian and Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Shona language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Belarusian vs Shona Difficulty
The Belarusian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.