Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
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 in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.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
  
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!
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Belarusian and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Slovak language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Belarusian vs Slovak Difficulty
The Belarusian vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.