Is Belarusian a dying language?

Yes, it is clearly an endangered language. The main reason why this is happening is due to the fact that Russian was made the second official language by the Lukashenko government in the 1990s and it has gradually been forcing out the native Belarusian language in all spheres of life.

What language do most Belarusians speak?

Belarusian
Russian
Belarus/Official languages

Can Lukashenko speak Belarusian?

This was reinforced by some disrespectful statements Lukashenko made about the Belarusian language. As language they usually speak at home in 1999 41.3\% of Belarusians declared Belarusian, 58.6\% Russian, in 2009 these shares were 26.1\% for Belarusian and 69.8\% for Russian.

Are Belarusian and Russian mutually intelligible?

Russian. Russian is also 85\% mutually intelligible with Belarusian and Ukrainian in writing. However, Russian is only 74\% mutually intelligible with spoken Belarusian and 50\% mutually intelligible with spoken Ukrainian.

Are languages worth saving?

There has been a significant number of endangered and dying languages and the high percentage has been a point of concern by linguists for the past few years. Are these dying languages worth saving? The answer is yes, definitely. There are some people who are going out of their way to keep their mother tongues alive.

Does Belarus speak English?

Is English widely spoken in Belarus? Similar to neighboring countries, older people and people in villages usually don’t speak English, while younger population and inhabitants of big cities speak it pretty well. Some people also speak German, French and Polish.

What percentage of Belarusians speak Belarusian?

In the first Belarus Census of 1999, the Belarusian language was declared as a “language spoken at home” by about 3,686,000 Belarusian citizens (36.7\% of the population). About 6,984,000 (85.6\%) of Belarusians declared it their “mother tongue”.

Is Rusyn a language?

Rusyn is an East Slavic language spoken in Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic.

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