Learn Belarusian

BelarusianThe Belarusian language (беларуская мова BGN/PCGN: byelaruskaya mova Scientific: bielaruskaja mova łac.: biełaruskaja mova) sometimes referred to as 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 Unionin 1991 the language was known in English as Byelorussian or Belorussian transliterating the Russian name белорусский язык or alternatively as White Ruthenian or White Russian. Following independence it became known also as Belarusian. Belarusian is one of the East Slavic languages and shares many grammatical and lexical features with other members of the group.