Belarusian language

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Belarusian language
Spoken in: Belarus, eastern parts of Poland, Russia, Ukraine

spoken by minorities in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia

Speaker: 7.9 Millionen
Offical language:
Country: Belarus
Linguistic classification:
Indo-European languages
   Slavic languages
      Eastern slavic languages
         Belarusian language

Belarusian (belarusion: Беларуская мова, transliteration: Biełaruskaja mova) is a eastern slavic language. This language is a part of the indo-european language family. It is spoken in Belarus and eastern Poland (in the area of Białystok). It is also spoken by Belarusians who live in other countries of Europe, Australia, and North America.

When writing Belarusian, people can use Cyrillic or Latin alphabet.