Countries
Belarus, Poland
Ukraine
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Ukraine
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Not Available
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
dobry dzień
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Dziakuj
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Good Night
Dabranač
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Please
Kali laska
будь ласк
Sorry
Vybačajcie
вибачте (vybachte)
Bye
da pabačennia
до побачення (do pobachennya)
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Podillian
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Volynian
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Rivne, Volyn
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Steppe
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Not Available
French Name
biélorusse
ukrainien
German Name
Weißrussisch
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Ukrainians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Modern Ukrainian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
bela1254
ukra1253
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Synthetic
Belarusian and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Ukrainian language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Belarusian vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Belarusian vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.