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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
Not Available   
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
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   
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
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

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   
26
5.00 million   
29

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
Not Available   
[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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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 Not Available while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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