Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Belarus, Poland
National Language
Russia
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Afganistan
Poland
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
dobry dzień
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Dabranač
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Dobraj ranicy
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Kali laska
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Vybačajcie
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
da pabačennia
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Olonets
South-West Belarus
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Middle Belarus
Native Name
Русский
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Russki
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
russe
biélorusse
German Name
Russisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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Ethnicity
Russians
Belarusians
Origin
1000 AD
18th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Belarusian
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
russ1263
bela1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Russian and Belarusian 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 Russian and Belarusian dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Belarusian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Belarusian Dialects are spoken in different Belarusian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Belarusian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian , South-Western Belarusian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Russian and Belarusian Speaking population
Russian and Belarusian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Belarusian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Belarusian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 %. 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 Russian and Belarusian on Russian vs Belarusian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Belarusian Language Codes
Russian and Belarusian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Belarusian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.