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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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