Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
dobry dzień
  
Habari
  
Thank You
Dziakuj
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
Dabranač
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
Kali laska
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
Vybačajcie
  
pole
  
Bye
da pabačennia
  
bye
  
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million
  
26
Not Available
  
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
biélorusse
  
swahili
  
German Name
Weißrussisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
18th century
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Belarusian
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
be
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bel
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
bel
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
bel
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bela1254
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Belarusian and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Swahili language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Belarusian vs Swahili Difficulty
The Belarusian vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.