Belarusian

Indo-European (Slavic)7 million totalCyrillic

RegionBelarus

FamilyIndo-European (Slavic)

Speakers7 million total

ScriptCyrillic

TypeAlphabetic

About Belarusian

An official language of Belarus alongside Russian. Contains a vowel letter missing from Russian Cyrillic. Closest to Ukrainian in vocabulary. Most citizens use it as a second language after Russian. Its medieval form served as a chancery language of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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