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Russian vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Belarus, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
Belarus, Gambia   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Poland   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Russian and Ukrainian   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
39   
28

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
dobry dzień   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Dziakuj   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Jak vy ?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Dabranač   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Dobry viečar   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
dobry dzień   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Dobraj ranicy   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Kali laska   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Vybačajcie   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
da pabačennia   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
JA liubliu ciabie   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Vybačajcie   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
North-Eastern Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
North-East Belarus   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
South-Western Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
South-West Belarus   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Middle Belarusian   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Middle Belarus   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
9.63 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
5.89 million   
26

Native Name
Русский   
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   

French Name
russe   
biélorusse   

German Name
Russisch   
Weißrussisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Belarusians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
18th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Slavic   

Branch
Eastern   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Belarusian   

Language Position
7   
7
79   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
be   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
bel   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
bel   

ISO 639 3
rus   
bel   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
bela1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Russian and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Belarusian language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Russian and Belarusian Language History.

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Russian and Belarusian 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 Russian and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Belarusian language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Russian vs Belarusian Difficulty

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

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