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Dutch vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
South Africa   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
39   
28

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
alsjeblieft   
Kali laska   

Sorry
sorry   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
vaarwel   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
North-East Belarus   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
South-Western Belarusian   

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

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

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Middle Belarus   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
9.63 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
Nederlands   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
biélorusse   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
18th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Belarusian   

Language Position
48   
35
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
bel   

ISO 639 3
nld   
bel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Dutch and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Belarusian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Belarusian Language History.

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

Dutch vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Dutch vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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