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Belarusian vs Serbian


Serbian vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

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

Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
39  
28
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
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  

History

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  

Language Position
79  
99+
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Belarusian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Serbian language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Belarusian and Serbian Language History.

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Belarusian and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Serbian language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Belarusian vs Serbian Difficulty

The Belarusian vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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