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Argentina
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
3,900 in Argentina (2018), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Azerbaijan
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
6,500 in Azerbaijan (Leclerc 2017b).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Estonia
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
1,660 in Estonia (2013 UNSD). Ethnic population: 12,400 (2011 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Germany
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
24,300 in Germany (2020 census), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Kazakhstan
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
8,660 in Kazakhstan (2009 census). Ethnic population: 66,500 (2009 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Latvia
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
61,600 in Latvia (2018). Ethnic population: 78,800 (2018).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Lithuania
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
7,110 in Lithuania (2014 UNSD). Ethnic population: 39,200 (2015 census).
Location
Vilniaus county: primarily Vilnius city; possibly scattered in Alytaus, Panevezio, and Utenos counties.
Alternate Names
Belarusan
Language Status
5* (Developing).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Poland
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
26,700 in Poland (2013 UNSD).
Location
Podlaskie voivodship.
Alternate Names
Belarusan, Byelorussian, White Russian
Dialects
Podlachian (Pudlaśka mova).
Language Status
5* (Developing). Recognized language (2005, Minorities Act of 2 January, Article 2(2)).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Russian Federation
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
174,000 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Ethnic population: 521,000 (2010 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Spain
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
5,660 in Spain (2020 census), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Sweden
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
1,590 in Sweden (2020 census), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Tajikistan
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
6,430 in Tajikistan (2017).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Turkmenistan
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
5,000 in Turkmenistan (Leclerc 2019a), based on ethnicity.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Ukraine
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
56,200 in Ukraine (2003 UNSD). Ethnic population: 276,000 (2001 census).
Location
Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kiev, Luhansk, Odessa, Rivne, and Zaporizhia regions; Krym, autonomous republic; Kiev City, Sevastopol City.
Alternate Names
Belarusan
Language Status
5* (Developing). Recognized language (2004, Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)), protected language.
Language Use
Only about 20% of Belarusians in Ukraine speak Belarusian as their primary language; most have shifted to Russian [rus] or Ukrainian [ukr] (2001 census).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Uzbekistan
Language Name
Belarusian
User Population
21,200 in Uzbekistan (2019).
Location
Scattered.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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