Belarus Languages
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Description
Belarus's two official languages are Russian and Belarusian. Minorities also speak Polish, Ukrainian and Eastern Yiddish. Belarusian, although not as widely used as Russian, is the mother tongue of 53.2% of the population, whereas Russian is the mother tongue of only 41.5%. [1]
- Belarusian - one of the two official languages in the Republic of Belarus under the current Constitution and spoken at home by 23%.
- Russian - the most common language used at home, used by 70% of the population.
Russian is commonly spoken and is the language of the genealogical sources. Belorussian is written in Cyrillic and is closely related to both Ukrainian and Russian.[2]
Word List(s)
- Russian Genealogical Word List
- Taranov, Andrey. Phrasebook Belarusian : the most important phrases : phrasebook + 3000-word dictionary. Hong Kong: T & P Books Publishing, 2016. Available at: WorldCat.
- Belarusian Word List - 101Languages
- Wordlist Belarusian - ASJP
- Belarusian Phrase List - Wiki Voyage
- 1000 Most Common Russian Words - Master Russian
- Russian Core 100 Ward List - RussianPod101
Alphabet and Pronunciation
The Belarusian alphabet is a variant of the Cyrillic script. The modern Belarusian form was defined in 1918, and consists of thirty-two letters. Belarusian had also been written in the Belarusian Latin alphabet and the Hebrew alphabet.
- Belarusian alphabet - Wikipedia
- Belarusian Alphabet - Wiki Voyage
- Russian Alphabet - Wikipedia
Pronunciation
- Belarusian Pronunciation Guide - Viki Voyage
- Ultimate Russian Pronunciation Guide - RussianPod101
Language Aids and Dictionaries
Dictionaries
- Pashkevich, Valentyna. English-Belarusian dictionary. Kolas: Kolas Publisher, 2006. Available at: WorldCat.
- Silitski, Vitalʹ and Jan Zaprudnik. Historical dictionary of Belarus. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2007. Available at: WorldCat.
- Pocekt English-Belarusian-Russian Dictionary. Minsk: Vyšéišaja škola, 1995. Available at: WorldCat.
Online Dictionaries
- Dictionary English-Belarusian - Glosbe
- Online Belarusian English Dictionary - Etranslator
- Russian-English Dictionary - Lexilogos
- English-Russian Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary
Language Aids
- Learn Belarusian - My Languages.org
- Belarusian Language and Culture Resources - Center for Language and Culture Learning
- Russian Phonology - Wikipedia
Additional Resources
- Silitski, Vitalʹ and Jan Zaprudnik. The A to Z of Belarus. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2010. Available at: WorldCat.
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Belarus," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus#Religion_and_languages#:~:text=Religion%20and%20languages, accessed 4 Aug 2021.
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Belarus,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2002.
For word list and help researching in Belorussian records, see: