Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Belarus, Poland
  
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 in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
North-East Belarus
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
9.63 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.