Countries
Ukraine
Belarus, Poland
National Language
Ukraine
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
dobry dzień
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Jak vy ?
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Dabranač
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Dobraj ranicy
Please
будь ласк
Kali laska
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
Vybačajcie
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
da pabačennia
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Podillian
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
North-East Belarus
Dialect 2
Volynian
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
South-West Belarus
Dialect 3
Steppe
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Middle Belarus
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
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Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
ukrainien
biélorusse
German Name
Ukrainisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
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Ethnicity
Ukrainians
Belarusians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
Belarusian
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
ukra1253
bela1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Ukrainian and Belarusian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Ukrainian and Belarusian dialects. Various dialects of Ukrainian and Belarusian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ukrainian are spoken in different Ukrainian Speaking Countries whereas Belarusian Dialects are spoken in different Belarusian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ukrainian vs Belarusian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian, Volynian. Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian , South-Western Belarusian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Ukrainian and Belarusian Speaking population
Ukrainian and Belarusian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Belarusian languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Belarusian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Ukrainian and Belarusian on Ukrainian vs Belarusian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Ukrainian and Belarusian Language Codes
Ukrainian and Belarusian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Ukrainian and Belarusian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.