Belarusian language facts for kids

Belarusian
	беларуская мова BGN/PCGN: byelaruskaya mova
Native to	Belarus, Poland, in 14 other countries
Ethnicity	Belarusians
Native speakers	10 million (2007)
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic East Slavic Belarusian; ; ; ;
Early forms:	Old East Slavic Belarusian;
Writing system	Cyrillic (Belarusian alphabet); Belarusian Braille; Belarusian Latin alphabet
Official status
Official language in	Belarus; Poland (in Gmina Orla, Gmina Narewka, Gmina Czyże, Gmina Hajnówka and town of Hajnówka)
Recognised minority language in	Ukraine
Regulated by	National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Linguasphere	53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e; (varieties:; 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
	Belarusian-speaking world; Legend: Dark blue - territory, where Belarusian is the main language

The Belarusian language (Беларуская мова, transliteration: Biełaruskaja mova) is an 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 the Cyrillic or the Latin alphabet.

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