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Belarusian and Norwegian


Norwegian and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Belarus, Gambia   
Norway   

Second Language
Poland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
39   
28
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień   
hallo   

Thank You
Dziakuj   
takk   

How Are You?
Jak vy ?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Dabranač   
god natt   

Good Evening
Dobry viečar   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy   
god morgen   

Please
Kali laska   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Vybačajcie   
unnskyld   

Bye
da pabačennia   
ha det   

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million   
26
Not Available   

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   
Norsk   

French Name
biélorusse   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Weißrussisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Belarusians   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
18th century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Germanic   

Branch
Eastern   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Belarusian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
79   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
be   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
bel   
nor   

ISO 639 3
bel   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bela1254   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Belarusian and Norwegian Speaking population

Belarusian and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. 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 Norwegian on Belarusian vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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