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Belarusian and Norwegian


Norwegian and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Norway  

Second Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
39  
28
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
hallo  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
takk  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
god natt  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
god morgen  

Please
Kali laska  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
unnskyld  

Bye
da pabačennia  
ha det  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
Norsk  

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

French Name
biélorusse  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
18th century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Eastern  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
79  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
nor  

ISO 639 3
bel  
nor  

ISO 639 6
bel  
nor  

Glottocode
bela1254  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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All Belarusian and Norwegian 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 Belarusian and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Belarusian and Norwegian Speaking population

Belarusian and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Belarusian and Norwegian on Belarusian vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Norwegian Language Codes

Belarusian and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Belarusian and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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