Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
  
Serbia
  
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million
  
26
Not Available
  
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
Not Available
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
Serbs
  
Origin
18th century
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Belarusian
  
Standard Serbian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available