Countries
Belarus, Poland
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4830
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3925
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Dziakuj
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Dabranač
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Kali laska
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
Vybačajcie
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
da pabačennia
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Serbia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million8.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million8.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Montenegrin
French Name
biélorusse
serbe
German Name
Weißrussisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Serbs
Origin
18th century
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Eastern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Standard Serbian
Language Position
7944
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
sr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
srp
ISO 639 2/B
bel
srp
ISO 639 3
bel
srp
ISO 639 6
bel
srp
Glottocode
bela1254
serb1264
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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-