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Belarusian and Slovak


Slovak and 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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All Belarusian and Slovak 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 Belarusian and Slovak dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Slovak language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Slovak Dialects are spoken in different Slovak speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Slovak Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak , Central Slovak. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Belarusian and Slovak Speaking population

Belarusian and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available. 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 Belarusian and Slovak on Belarusian vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Slovak Language Codes

Belarusian and Slovak language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Belarusian and Slovak Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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