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Estonian and Belarusian


Belarusian and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Finnish   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
39   
28

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
aitäh   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
Palun   
Kali laska   

Sorry
Vabandust   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
Head aega   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
North-East Belarus   

Dialect 2
Tartu   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
South-West Belarus   

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Middle Belarus   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
9.63 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
eesti keel   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
estonien   
biélorusse   

German Name
Estnisch   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
13th century   
18th century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Slavic   

Branch
Finnic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Belarusian   

Language Position
Not Available   
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
bel   

ISO 639 3
est   
bel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
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
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Estonian and Belarusian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Estonian and Belarusian dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Belarusian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Belarusian Dialects are spoken in different Belarusian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Belarusian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian , South-Western Belarusian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and Belarusian Speaking population

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Estonian and Belarusian Language Codes

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