Are Belarusians Lithuanian?

The Belarusian national minority in Lithuania has deep historical, cultural and political relations. According to the 2011 census, only 18.4\% of Belarusians speak Belarusian as their mother tongue, while Russian is native for 56.3\%, Polish – 9.3\%, Lithuanian – 5.2\% of Belarusians.

Is Belarusian and Russian similar?

However, Russian and Belarusian developed separately. Belarusian is closer to Polish and Ukrainian than Russian. Its vocabulary and grammar has enough similarities for Poles, Ukrainians and Belarusians to understand each other well, whereas Russians understand only will recognise separate words.

What is the difference between Polish and Lithuanian?

Polish is a Slavic language, but Lithuanian is a Baltic language. Thus, they are in different branches of Indo-European languages and quite different, although related. I speak Polish fluently, but I understand next to nothing when I hear Lithuanian.

Is Belarusian closely related to other languages?

There is a high degree of mutual intelligibility among Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian languages. Belarusian has 80\% mutual intelligibility with Ukrainian, 75\% with Russian, and 41\% with the Polish language. Within East Slavic, the Belarusian language is most closely related to Ukrainian.

What are some languages similar to Lithuanian?

Russian, Bulgarian, Slovak and several more. Lithuanian and Latvian are the only languages in the Baltic group of the Indo-European languages, and Lithuanian is generally considered to be the Indo-European language with the most ancient traits. Lithuanian and Latvian are not mutually understandable.

How similar are the languages of the Baltic and Slavic countries?

The two languages are probably about as close as English and Gothic . They are both Balto-Slavic, but the Baltic languages have diverged significantly from the Slavic languages.