Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
Prosím
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
North-East Belarus
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
South-West Belarus
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
9.63 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
slovaque
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
6th Century
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Western
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Belarusian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
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
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Belarusian language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Belarusian Difficulty
The Slovak vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.