RUSSIAN - BELARUSIAN - UKRAINIAN?

Dryankola   Sun May 20, 2007 10:28 am GMT
Yes, which of them are the closest to the other? Russian to Belarusian, Russian to Ukrainian or Belarusian to Ukrainian?
Guest 224   Sun May 20, 2007 10:46 am GMT
Sorry, but I don't know anything about the subject.

I just want to know, how do you pronounce "Belarus" and "Belarusian?" And don't use XSAMPA or any other kind of IPA(?) thing like that because I really do not know how to read that.

When I say "Belarus," I say it like "buh-LAIR-russ" and I pronounce "Belarusian" as "Bay-lah-ROO-zhunn"

How are they really pronounced?
Dryankola   Sun May 20, 2007 11:01 am GMT
You should pronounce BELARUS sth like that " beah-lah-roose" and BELARUSIAN sth like that "beah-lah-rush-en" At least I pronounce this way ;)
superdavid   Sun May 20, 2007 11:48 am GMT
From what I've heard, Russian and Belarussian are closer.
They are mutally intelligible almost perfectly.
constantinus   Mon May 21, 2007 7:57 pm GMT
there all one language ,a russian speaking russian ,an Ukrainian speaking ukranian and an Belorussian speaking Belorussian can fully understand each other ,in the same manner that bosniak ,Croat and Serb are one language dialects.
Cl   Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:43 pm GMT
Of the three languages mentioned Ukrainian and Belarusian are closer to each other than each of them to Russian. These three languages aren't one and the difference between Russian, on one hand, and Ukrainian and Belarusian, on the other hand, is far bigger than that between Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian, unless one thinks of the Russo-Ukrainian and Russo-Belarusian pidgins as the Ukrainian and the Belarusian languages.
bangers   Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:41 pm GMT
Same language, just dialects, really. The smaller countries push the linguistic differences because they want to show how independent they are form the Mighty Russian Bear.
Mojca   Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:48 pm GMT
''These three languages aren't one and the difference between Russian, on one hand, and Ukrainian and Belarusian, on the other hand, is far bigger than that between Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian,''

Croatian has 3 dialects:
1. northern (kajkavski)
2. adriatic northwestern (cakavski)
3. eastern and southern (stokavski)

only the 3rd one is shared with Serbian and Bosnian.
Kajkavski is closer to Slovenian language than to stokavski, Bosnian and Serbian.
and Cakavski is a unique Croatian dialects.

Croatian people normally understand all 3 of them. Serbs and Bosniacs don't understand all 3 Croatian dialect, only the ''shared'' one. Slovenian people understand the Kajvavski dialect of Slovenian.

If you claim Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian are 1 language, then
you could include Slovenian too, since the whole North of Croatia
speaks a Croatian version of it (known as kajkavski dialect). Even in Zagreb, Croatia's capital the word WHAT is said KAJ (as in Slovenian) and not STO (as in Bosnian) or STA (as in Serbian).
Franco   Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:35 pm GMT
Putin is on path to war! Yes! Let this Putin destroy the United States great ambition, shooting them back to their right ful place in the world, MacDonalds!
Vytenis   Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:46 pm GMT
I think Ukrainian is quite different from Russian. I can understand Russian but can't understand everything that is said in Ukrainian although I could probably be able to catch the main idea...
Guest   Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:16 pm GMT
Russian:
Все люди рождаются свободными и равными в своем достоинстве и правах. Они наделены разумом и совестью и должны поступать в отношении друг друга в духе братства.

Vse ljudi roždajutsya svobodnymi i ravnymi v svoem dostoinstve i pravax. Oni nadeleny razumom i sovest'ju i dolžny postupat' v otnošenii drug druga v duxe bratstva.

Belarusian:
Усе людзi нараджаюцца свабоднымi i роўнымi ў сваёй годнасцi i правах. Яны надзелены розумам i сумленнем i павiнны ставiцца адзiн да аднаго ў духу брацтва.

Usie ludzi naradžajucca svabodnymi i roŭnymi ŭ svajoj hodnasci i pravach. Jany nadzieleny rozumam i sumleńniem i pavinny stavicca adzin da adnaho ŭ duchu bractva.

Ukranian:
Всі люди народжуються вільними і рівними у своїй гідності та правах. Вони наділені розумом і совістю і повинні діяти у відношенні один до одного в дусі братерства.

Vsi ljudy narodžujut'sja vil'nymy i rivnymy u svojij hidnosti ta pravax. Vony nadileni rozumom i sovistju i povynni dijaty u vidnošenni odyn do odnoho v dusi braterstva.
Franco   Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:57 pm GMT
Не раздражайте Путина! Путiн скоро станет новым лидером мира! Да здравствует Путин!
Guest   Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:17 am GMT
Putin licks Bush's balls. Independence for Kosovo!
Franco   Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:31 am GMT
It's none of Bushe's business! He can piss off, Serbia's business and Kosovo. Not even Russia's, but more Russia than America!
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