Belarusan
A language of Belarus
| Population | 6,720,000 in Belarus (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Population total all countries: 8,618,630. Ethnic population: 9,051,080. |
| Region | Also in Azerbaijan, Canada, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russian Federation (Europe), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan. |
| Alternate names | Belarusian, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian |
| Dialects | Northeast Belarusan (Polots, Viteb-Mogilev), Southwest Belarusan (Grodnen-Baranovich, Slutsko-Mozyr, Slutska-Mazyrski), Central Belarusan. Linguistically between Russian and Ukrainian [ukr], with transitional dialects to both. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Slavic, East |
| Language use | National language. |
| Language development | Fully developed. Bible: 1973. |
| Writing system | Cyrillic script. |
| Comments | Christian, Muslim (Tatar). |
Also spoken in:
Poland
| Language name | Belarusan |
| Population | 220,000 in Poland (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). |
| Alternate names | Byelorussian, White Russian |
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