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Belarusian and German


German and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Germany  

Second Language
Poland  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Council for German Orthography  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
39  
28
9  
1

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  
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
hallo  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
Danke  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
guten Morgen  

Please
Kali laska  
bitte  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
Verzeihung  

Bye
da pabačennia  
Tschüs  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
26
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
biélorusse  
allemand  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Germans  

History

Origin
18th century  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Germanic  

Branch
Eastern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
79  
99+
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
ger  

ISO 639 3
bel  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
bela1254  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Belarusian and German Speaking population

Belarusian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Belarusian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and German Language Codes

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

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