1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Belarus, Poland
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Belarus, Gambia
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Poland
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
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1.8 Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
da pabačennia
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
9.63 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million8.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.89 million11.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Weißrussisch
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
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5.5 Ethnicity
Belarusians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
18th century
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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