Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
Belarus, Poland
  
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 in
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Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
North-East Belarus
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
9.63 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.