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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 Belarusian alphabet is a variant of the Cyrillic script, which was first used as an alphabet for the Old Church Slavonic language. The modern Belarusian form was defined in 1918, and consists of thirty-two letters.
- 5.1 million (2009 census), 1.3 million L2 speakers (2009 census)
Latin alphabet for Belarusian (Biełaruskaja łacinskaja abeceda) Notes Cyrillic е, ё, і, ю, я are equivalent to je, jo, ji, ju, ja initially or after a vowel, to e, o, i, u, a after the consonants ć, dź, l, ń, ś, ź, and to ie, io, i, iu, ia after other consonants.
Three Alphabets of the Belarusian Language. 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.
Apr 9, 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 .
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Summarize this article for a 10 year old. SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Belarusian ( endonym: беларуская мова, romanized: bielaruskaja mova, pronounced [ bʲɛɫaˈruskaja ˈmɔva]) is an East Slavic language. It is one of the two official languages in Belarus, alongside Russian.
The official languages of Belarus are Belarusian and Russian . The pre-Slavic language of the area, as well as its geographic name was Sudovian and Sudavia, a Baltic language. Sudovian is believed to have gone extinct around the 17th century. At present, Belarusian and Russian are considered the sole native languages of Belarus, as seen below.
