Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
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
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Dziakuj
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
Dabranač
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
Kali laska
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
Vybačajcie
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
da pabačennia
  
Ate
  
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million
  
26
Not Available
  
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
biélorusse
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Weißrussisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
18th century
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Belarusian
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
be
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bel
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
bel
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
bel
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bela1254
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Belarusian and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Lithuanian language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Belarusian vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Belarusian vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.