About Belarusian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Belarus is a popular country in Eastern Europe but it got independence in 1991. This country was traditionally known as Belorussia or White Russia. It is one of the smallest among the three Slavic republics of the Soviet Union. The larger ones are Russia and Ukraine. Belarusian and Russian are the official languages of Belarus. Even the dialects are transitional in both. If we talk about the written form it features Cyrillic alphabets. The loanwords are taken from both Polish and Russian. These words are also reflective of the history of the region. The total number of Belarusian speakers is 5.1 million. About 85.6% of Belarusians have declared it as their mother tongue. All the native speakers speak this language in their daily communications.
About Afrikaans Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Afrikaans is a West Germanic language. The language is widely spoken in South Africa, Namibia. It is also spoken in Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe but it is a lesser spoken language in these countries. The Afrikaans language is also called Cape Dutch. It was developed by 17th-century Dutch. Afrikaans and English are the only languages that are the official languages of South Africa. Afrikaans is very similar to Dutch, but there are clear differences between the two. It differs from Standard Dutch and has a different sound system. Afrikaans was adopted in schools in 1914. It was also the official language in the Dutch Reformed Church in 1919. distinct Afrikaans literature also gained a lot of popularity in the 20th century. The translation of the Bible is also available in Afrikaans and it was first was published in 1933.
