Language code: be
Technical information about ISO 639 language code be
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The table below provides technical details for the Belarusian language, designated by the be code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Belarusian Native Беларуская мова |
| Family | East Slavic |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Northeastern BelarusianCentral BelarusianSouthwestern Belarusian |
| Related languages | RussianUkrainianRusyn |
| Key facts | Uses the unique letter “Ў/ў”, absent in other Slavic Cyrillic alphabetsPossesses two competing orthographies: classical Taraškievica and official NarkamaukaFrancysk Skaryna printed one of the first East-Slavic books (1517) in BelarusianVocabulary shows heavy historical borrowing from Polish alongside Russian influenceThe language preserves the Proto-Slavic nasal vowel *ǫ as a distinct sound written ‹ў› or ‹ў› in some dialects. |
| Sample phrase | Прывітанне, як ты? |
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Belarusian belongs to the Indo-European family of languages, more specifically, to the East Slavic subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Belarus and recognized as a minority language in certain areas of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine. It is written in the Cyrillic script (Belarusian alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 5.1 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Belarusian speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
be-BY – Belarusian (Belarus)
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