Countries
Belarus, Poland
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Russia
Second Language
Poland
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
dobry dzień
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Dziakuj
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Dabranač
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Kali laska
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Vybačajcie
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
da pabačennia
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Olonets
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Olonets
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Novgorod
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Русский
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Russki
French Name
biélorusse
russe
German Name
Weißrussisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Russians
Origin
18th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
bela1254
russ1263
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Belarusian and Russian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Belarusian and Russian dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Belarusian and Russian Speaking population
Belarusian and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Belarusian and Russian on Belarusian vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Belarusian and Russian Language Codes
Belarusian and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Belarusian and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.