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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  
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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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