Belarusian language
Belarusian (ISO 639-3 code bel) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. It has about 5,100,000 speakers.
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Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | bel |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | bela1254 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine |
| Speakers (estimate) | 5,100,000 |
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- Russian255,000,000 speakers
- German135,000,000 speakers
- Polish45,000,000 speakers
- Ukrainian35,000,000 speakers
- Romanian28,000,000 speakers
- Czech13,000,000 speakers
- Greek13,000,000 speakers
- Bulgarian8,000,000 speakers
- Slovak7,000,000 speakers
- Lithuanian2,800,000 speakers
- Latvian1,750,000 speakers
- Eastern Yiddish1,200,000 speakers
More about Belarusian
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.