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Swedish vs Belarusian


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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
Belarus, Gambia  

Second Language
Finland  
Poland  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia  

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

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

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

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Russian and Ukrainian  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
39  
28

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hej  
dobry dzień  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Dziakuj  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Jak vy ?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Dabranač  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Dobry viečar  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
dobry dzień  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Dobraj ranicy  

Please
vänligen  
Kali laska  

Sorry
ledsen  
Vybačajcie  

Bye
hej då  
da pabačennia  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
JA liubliu ciabie  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Vybačajcie  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
North-Eastern Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
North-East Belarus  

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

Dialect 2
Dialects  
South-Western Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
South-West Belarus  

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

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Middle Belarusian  

Where They Speak
France  
Middle Belarus  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
5.89 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  

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

French Name
suédois  
biélorusse  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Weißrussisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Belarusians  

History

Origin
13th Century  
18th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Slavic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Belarusian  

Language Position
89  
99+
79  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
be  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
bel  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
bel  

ISO 639 3
swe  
bel  

ISO 639 6
swe  
bel  

Glottocode
swed1254  
bela1254  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Swedish and Belarusian Language History

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

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

Swedish vs Belarusian Difficulty

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

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