Russian & Belarusian
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Re: Russian & Belarusian
Results from a quick Google search:
Belarus Digest - Are the Belarusian and Russian languages very similar?
https://belarusdigest.com/story/myths/are-the-belarusian-and-russian-languages-very-similar/
Quora - How big is the difference between Russian language and Belarusian language?
https://www.quora.com/How-big-is-the-difference-between-Russian-language-and-Belarusian-language
The Linguist - Similarities & Differences Between the Slavic Languages
https://blog.thelinguist.com/similarities-differences-slavic-languages
Word Reference - Distinguishing Ukrainian & Belarusian from Russian (upon hearing)
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/distinguishing-ukrainian-belarusian-from-russian-upon-hearing.1131535/
Belarus Digest - Are the Belarusian and Russian languages very similar?
https://belarusdigest.com/story/myths/are-the-belarusian-and-russian-languages-very-similar/
Quora - How big is the difference between Russian language and Belarusian language?
https://www.quora.com/How-big-is-the-difference-between-Russian-language-and-Belarusian-language
The Linguist - Similarities & Differences Between the Slavic Languages
https://blog.thelinguist.com/similarities-differences-slavic-languages
Word Reference - Distinguishing Ukrainian & Belarusian from Russian (upon hearing)
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/distinguishing-ukrainian-belarusian-from-russian-upon-hearing.1131535/
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Re: Russian & Belarusian
Belarusian is one of the closest (the closest?) languages to Russian, but it's still not easily comprehensible. Especially for someone who had zero experience with the language. Here's how a typical person (who doesn't speak Belarusian) would react to a question in Belarusian: YouTube video (they just say "I don't understand, speak in Russian, please"). This is in Belarus, btw.
A famous Soviet movie "Иди и смотри" (Come and See) was set in Byelorussian SSR, but for viewer's sake they didn't use pure Belarusian language and resorted to a kind of mixed Russian-Belarusian speech, because nobody (except Belarusians themselves) would have understood pure Belarusian.
I've studied Polish and it gives me huge advantage in understanding Belarusian, because these two languages have a lot of common vocabulary, so I can understand not too fast Belarusian speech with not too much trouble (and I think I can do better with more practice).
A famous Soviet movie "Иди и смотри" (Come and See) was set in Byelorussian SSR, but for viewer's sake they didn't use pure Belarusian language and resorted to a kind of mixed Russian-Belarusian speech, because nobody (except Belarusians themselves) would have understood pure Belarusian.
I've studied Polish and it gives me huge advantage in understanding Belarusian, because these two languages have a lot of common vocabulary, so I can understand not too fast Belarusian speech with not too much trouble (and I think I can do better with more practice).
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Re: Russian & Belarusian
If you know Polish and Russian, you'll be able to understand a lot of Belarusian and Ukrainian. I've listened to some audiobooks and understood them without too much trouble.
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雲は天才である
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3. Pronunciation.
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Re: Russian & Belarusian
It is pretty close - as with Ukrainian, it is probably the Polish vocabulary present in the language that would make it hard for a Russian to understand.
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