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Belarusian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Sweden  

Second Language
Poland  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
39  
28
18  
8

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  
hej  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Dabranač  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
god morgon  

Please
Kali laska  
vänligen  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
ledsen  

Bye
da pabačennia  
hej då  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
France  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
biélorusse  
suédois  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
18th century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Eastern  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
79  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
swe  

ISO 639 3
bel  
swe  

ISO 639 6
bel  
swe  

Glottocode
bela1254  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Belarusian and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Swedish language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Belarusian vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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