Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Poland
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-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
  
Molo
  
Thank You
Dziakuj
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
Dabranač
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
  
Molo
  
Please
Kali laska
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
Vybačajcie
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
da pabačennia
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million
  
26
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
biélorusse
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Weißrussisch
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
18th century
  
16th 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
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
be
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bel
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
bel
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
bel
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bela1254
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Belarusian and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Xhosa language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Belarusian vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Belarusian vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.