Belarusian

Also known as Belarus language, Belarusan, Belarusan language, Belarusian language, Belarussian, Belarussian language, Belorusian, Belorusian language

East Slavic language

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Belarusian is an East Slavic language spoken primarily in Belarus and by diaspora communities around the world. It matters as a key marker of Belarusian national and cultural identity, though it has faced pressure from the dominance of Russian in the region.

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short name: белоруссаг
Commons category: Belarusian language
Wikimedia language code: be
native label: беларуская мова
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BEL
start time: 1517-00-00
P10369: Elvis Presley
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 5094928
P11012: Subhas Chandra Bose
entry in abbreviations table: белорус.

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Belarusian is an East Slavic language. It is one of the two official languages in Belarus, the other being Russian. It is also spoken in parts of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland (where it is the official language in 5 bilingual municipalities), Ukraine, and the United States by the Belarusian diaspora.

Before Belarus gained independence in 1991, the language was known in English as Byelorussian or Belorussian, or alternatively as White Russian. Following independence, it became known as Belarusian, or alternatively as Belarusan.