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Belarusian vs Dutch


Dutch vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Poland  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
39  
28
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
Hallo  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
goedemorgen  

Please
Kali laska  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
sorry  

Bye
da pabačennia  
vaarwel  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
biélorusse  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
18th century  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Eastern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
79  
99+
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
dut  

ISO 639 3
bel  
nld  

ISO 639 6
bel  
nld  

Glottocode
bela1254  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Belarusian and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Dutch language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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

Belarusian vs Dutch Difficulty

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

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