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Belarusian and Dutch


Dutch and 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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Low Saxon   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

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 %   
38

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million   
26
6.00 million   
25

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
Not Available   
[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   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Belarusian and Dutch Speaking population

Belarusian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Belarusian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Dutch Language Codes

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

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