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Belarusian vs Slovak


Slovak vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Second Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
Czech Language  

Derived From
-  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
15  
12

How Many Consonants
39  
28
38  
27

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Kali laska  
Prosím  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
Pardón!  

Bye
da pabačennia  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
biélorusse  
slovaque  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
18th century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Eastern  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Slovak  

Language Position
79  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
slo  

ISO 639 3
bel  
slk  

ISO 639 6
bel  
slk  

Glottocode
bela1254  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Belarusian and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Slovak language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Belarusian and Slovak Language History.

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

Belarusian vs Slovak Difficulty

The Belarusian vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Slovak 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 Belarusian and Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.

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