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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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