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The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script and is derived from the alphabet of Old Church Slavonic. It has existed in its modern form since 1918 and has 32 letters. See also Belarusian Latin alphabet and Belarusian Arabic alphabet.
- Cyrillic
- subset of Cyrillic (U+0400...U+04FF)
The written culture of Belarus is over 11 centuries old. Many of us correctly associate the Belarusian language with the Cyrillic alphabet. However, many texts, in both Old Belarusian and the modern literary language (1850s onwards) were originally written and published in Latin characters.
After the Soviet invasion of eastern Belarus in 1919-1920, the Cyrillic alphabet became the only alphabet used in official writings. Meanwhile in western Belarus, the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets continued to coexist, though after 1943 the majority of publications were printed in the Cyrillic alphabet.
Alphabet. Grammar. Dialects. Classification and relationship to other languages. History. Computer representation. Sample text. See also. Notes. References. Further reading. External links. Belarusian language. Belarusian ( endonym: беларуская мова, romanized : bielaruskaja mova, pronounced [bʲɛɫaˈruskaja ˈmɔva]) is an East Slavic language.
- 5.1 million (2009 census), 1.3 million L2 speakers (2009 census)
Apr 21, 2024 · The language contains many Polish loanwords and is written in a form of the Cyrillic alphabet. An older form of Belarusian was used as the official language of administration in the 14th to 16th centuries in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which included present-day Belarus as well as Lithuania and Ukraine. Home Geography & Travel Languages.
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After Belarus gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, there have been efforts to revive the use of the Latin alphabet. Below are the two versions of the Belarusan alphabet. Belarusian Cyrillic Alphabet
Aug 22, 2003 · 1. The Cyrillic Alphabet. <img src=»belarusian_alphabet_cyrillic.gif» title=»Belarusian Alphabet (Cyrillics)» width=»565» height=»143» alt=»Belarusian Alphabet (Cyrillics)» /> Most of the people who want to learn a Slavic language usually choose Russian and, thus, many would be familiar with the Russian alphabet.
