About Indonesian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. It belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch while the standard dialect is Malay. When Indonesia became independent they declared Indonesian as their official language in 1945. Indonesian is spoken by 23 million people while it is the second language of 140 million people. As most Indonesians are bilingual they know more than three languages. Besides Indonesia, this language is also spoken in the Netherlands, the Philippines, and Singapore. Several dialects are spoken in various areas. The northern dialect is known as Malay while the southern dialect is most commonly spoken in Indonesia. There are regional dialects that are spoken in both north and south of Indonesia. It consists of six vowels but the sound system is similar to Malay.
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.
