Belarusian
Belarusian, or Belaruskaya mova, is an East Slavic language spoken primarily in Belarus and by Belarusian communities abroad. It is one of the official languages of Belarus, alongside Russian, and serves as a key symbol of national identity. In everyday life, Russian is widely used, but Belarusian maintains a presence in education, government, media, and culture, especially in rural areas and among language revival movements.
Belarusian belongs to the East Slavic subgroup of the Indo-European language family, and is closely related
Belarusian is written predominantly in the Cyrillic alphabet, although a Latin-based Łacinka script is used by
Historically, the Belarusian language has a rich literary heritage, with early printed work by Francysk Skaryna