Languages
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Belarusian
- Alternate names: Belarusian, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian Also: in Azerbaijan -- Belarusan, Belarussian; in Poland -- Byelorussian, White Russian
- Scriptures published: Bible (1973) New Testament (1931) Portions (1517--1995)
- Literacy: No information available.
- Primary country: Belarus
- Also used in: Azerbaijan, Canada, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Poland, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan
- Religion: Christian, Muslim
- Status: Statutory national language in Belarus
- Number of users: 7,818,960 (6,720,000 in Belarus (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001); 5,210 in Azerbaijan (2000); 220,000 in Poland (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001))
(data from Ethnologue and other sources)
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