{"id":3272,"date":"2022-10-02T02:54:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T02:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diffesaurus.com\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2022-10-02T02:54:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T02:54:33","slug":"belarusian-vs-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diffesaurus.com\/belarusian-vs-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Difference Between Belarusian and Russian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">The official Chinese translation of &#8216;Belarus&#8217; should be &#8221; (or White Rus&#8217;) rather than &#8221; (White), according to a statement published on the government&#8217;s official website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"main_paragraph\">More than 70% of the population speaks Russian, while only 23% of the population speaks Belarusian.<\/p>\n<h2>How different is Belarusian language from Russian?<\/h2>\n<p>In between other slavic languages is where Belarusian is. It is close to Russian in some respects. It has a lot of the same words in common with all of the other countries. It&#8217;s spelling is very different from other ones.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Belarus ethnically Russian?<\/h2>\n<p>Roughly four-fifths of the country&#8217;s population is made up of ethnic Belarusians. The second largest ethnic group is comprised of Russians who migrated to the S.S.R. in the 1960s, &#8217;70s, and &#8217;80s. Poles and Ukrainians make up most of the rest, with smaller numbers of Jews, Latvians, Lithuanians and Tatars. The genocide of European Jewry and postwar emigration almost eliminated Jews from the republic before World War II.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Belarusian intelligible with Russian?<\/h2>\n<p>Rusyn has a small number of speakers in Central and Eastern Europe, but it has 85% intelligibility with Russian. In writing, Russian is 85% mutually intelligible with the other two countries. Russian is mutually intelligible with both spoken Ukrainian and spoken Belarusian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Some Belarusians join the fight against Russia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0GXAXmxInJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Do Belarusians speak Russian?<\/h2>\n<p>One of the official languages of the country is Russian. Russian is the main language of the country because of its dominance in the media, education and other areas of public life.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"intxt_image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/belarusian vs russian_1.jpg\" alt=\"In the wake of the Ukraine crisis, activists tell Katerina Barushka that some aspects of Belarusian identity are coming back.\" \/><figcaption>In the wake of the Ukraine crisis, activists tell Katerina Barushka that some aspects of Belarusian identity are coming back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Why is Belarus called White Russia?<\/h2>\n<p>The points of the compass are thought to be white, west, blue, east, black, and red. The western part of Rus between the 9th and 13th century was called white because it was the territory of modern Belarus. The Rus stretched from the Taman Peninsula in the south to the upper reaches of the Northern Dvina in the north and from the Dniester and the Vistula in the west.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the culture like in Belarus?<\/h2>\n<p>Supreme spiritual values celebrating morality and humanity have shaped the cultural identity of the people ofBelarus. From generation to generation, these values have been passed on. There are unique works of music and literature that have materialized these values.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s the difference between Russia and Belarus?<\/h2>\n<p>The bilateral relations between Russia and Belarus are referred to as Belarus-Russia relations. Both countries have a land border and are part of the supranational Union State. The two nations have concluded a number of treaties bilaterally. Russia is the most important political and economic partner of the country. The Commonwealth of Independent States, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and the United Nations are some of the international organizations that both of them are members of.<\/p>\n<h2>How is Belarusian different than Russian?<\/h2>\n<p>The Belarusian language is very similar to the Russian one. The underlying morphophonology of Russian orthography is different from that of Belarusian orthography due to the fact that it is a phonetic orthography.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"intxt_image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/belarusian vs russian_2.jpg\" alt=\"How similar or different are the languages of Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian?\" \/><figcaption>How similar or different are the languages of Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What is the difference between Belarusian and Russian language?<\/h2>\n<p>There are differences between the two languages that are significant. If authentic words are used, Russians cannot understand the language. Even though they can&#8217;t understand Russian, they can at least comprehend it.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official Chinese translation of &#8216;Belarus&#8217; should be &#8221; (or White Rus&#8217;) rather than &#8221; (White), according to a statement published on the government&#8217;s official website. More than 70% of the population speaks Russian, while only 23% of the population speaks Belarusian. How different is Belarusian language from Russian? 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