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Belarusian vs Danish


Danish vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
39  
28
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
Hallo  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
Mange tak  

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

Good Night
Dabranač  
God nat  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
God morgen  

Please
Kali laska  
Please  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
Undskyld!  

Bye
da pabačennia  
Farvel  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
biélorusse  
danois  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
18th century  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
79  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
dan  

ISO 639 3
bel  
dan  

ISO 639 6
bel  
dan  

Glottocode
bela1254  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Belarusian and Danish Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Danish language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. 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 Belarusian and Danish Language History.

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

Belarusian vs Danish Difficulty

The Belarusian vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Danish 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 Belarusian and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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