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Chinese vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200   
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
39   
28

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Kali laska   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
North-East Belarus   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
South-West Belarus   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Middle Belarus   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
9.63 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
chinois   
biélorusse   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
18th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Belarusian   

Language Position
1   
1
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
bel   

ISO 639 3
zho   
bel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Chinese and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Belarusian language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Belarusian Language History.

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Chinese and Belarusian 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 Chinese and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Belarusian language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Chinese vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Belarusian 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 Chinese and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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