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Belarus
A country in Europe
The number of individual languages listed for Belarus is 4. All are living languages. Of these, 2 are indigenous and 2 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 3 are institutional and 1 is developing.
Official Name
Republic of Belarus
Population

9,505,000 (2015 census)

Principal Languages
Belarusian, Russian
Literacy Rate
100% (2016 UNESCO)
Immigrant Languages
Erzya (2,600), Korean (1,000), Lithuanian (280), Polish (4,220), Standard Latvian (1,000), Tatar (12,000), Ukrainian (6,300)
International Conventions
CDE (1962), CPPDCE (2006), CSICH (2005), ICCPR (1973), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Campbell and King 2011
Language Counts
The number of individual languages listed for Belarus is 4. All are living languages. Of these, 2 are indigenous and 2 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 3 are institutional and 1 is developing.
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