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Belarusian and Serbian


Serbian and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

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

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

Alphabets
48  
28
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
39  
28
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

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  

History

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
79  
99+
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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All Belarusian and Serbian 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 Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Belarusian and Serbian Speaking population

Belarusian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Belarusian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Serbian Language Codes

Belarusian and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Belarusian and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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