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French vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
2   
13

National Language
France   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
39   
28

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
Merci   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Kali laska   

Sorry
désolé   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
au revoir   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
North-East Belarus   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Africa   
South-West Belarus   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Middle Belarus   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
9.63 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
français   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
Français   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
français   
biélorusse   

German Name
Französisch   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
18th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Belarusian   

Language Position
13   
12
79   
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
bel   

ISO 639 3
fra   
bel   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
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
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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French and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of French vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Belarusian language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Belarusian Language History.

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

French vs Belarusian Difficulty

The French vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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