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German vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs German


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Germany   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

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

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

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

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

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
Danke   
Dziakuj   

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

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
bitte   
Kali laska   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
Tschüs   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
North-East Belarus   

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

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Germany   
South-West Belarus   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Middle Belarus   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
Deutsch   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

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

French Name
allemand   
biélorusse   

German Name
Deutsch   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
18th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Slavic   

Branch
Western   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

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

Language Position
9   
9
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
bel   

ISO 639 3
deu   
bel   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
bela1254   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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German and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of German vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of German and Belarusian language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Belarusian Language History.

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

German vs Belarusian Difficulty

The German vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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