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Preferred term

belBelarusian  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Belarusian language (беларуская мова, BGN/PCGN: byelaruskaya mova, Scientific: belaruskaja mova, łac.: biełaruskaja mova), sometimes referred to as White Russian or White Ruthenian, is the language of the Belarusian people. It is an official language of Belarus, along with Russian, and is spoken abroad, chiefly in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland. Prior to Belarus gaining its independence from the Soviet Union in 1992, the language was known in English as Byelorussian or Belorussian, transliterating the Russian name, , or alternatively as White Russian or White Ruthenian. Following independence, it was also called Belarusian.

Entry terms

  • Belarusian language

ISO 639-1 code

  • be

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • bel

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • bel

ISO 639-3 code

  • bel

Notation

  • bel

In other languages

  • Biélorusse

    French

  • biélorusse
  • Weißrussisch

    German

  • Weissrussisch
  • Weißrussische Sprache
  • bielorusso

    Italian

  • Lingua bielorussa
  • bielo-russo

    Portuguese

  • Língua bielorrussa
  • bielorruso

    Spanish

  • Idioma bielorruso

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/bel

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