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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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

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   

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Central Slovak   

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

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Western Slovak   

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

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+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million   
26
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
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 Not Available while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.

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