Alternate Names: Belarusian, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Dialects: Central Belarusan, Northeast Belarusan (Polots, Viteb-Mogilev), Southwest Belarusan (Grodnen-Baranovich, Slutska-Mazyrski, Slutsko-Mozyr). Linguistically between Russian , and Ukrainian ,, with transitional dialects to both.
Status Notes: Statutory national language (1994, Constitution, Article 17(1)), largely symbolic use.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,220,000 in Belarus (2009 census). The majority of Belarusans speak Russian , as their L1. Population total all countries: 3,312,610. Ethnic population: 7,960,000 (2009 census).
Language Development: Fully developed. Bible: 1973.
Spoken In: Belarus
Writing System: Cyrillic
Nation of Origin: Belarus
Other Comments: Christian, Muslim.