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Definition of belarusian in English English dictionary: The Slavic language spoken in Belarus (formerly called White Russia); A person from Belarus or of Belarusian descent; Of, from, or pertaining to Belarus, the Belarusian people or the Belarusian language; {i} official language of the Republic of Belarus; {i} native or citizen of Belarus; the Slavic language spoken in Belarus of or pertaining to Belarus or to the people or culture of Belarus
Belarusian language: 2 million people worldwide. Belarusian features begin to appear in Church Slavonic manuscripts from the 14th century (see Old Church Slavonic language). The chancery language of the grand duchy of Lithuania, used in the 15th-16th centuries, contains a substantial Belarusian element, mixed with Church Slavonic, Ukrainian, and Polish. Belarusian was not fully elaborated as a modern literary language until the early 20th century, when orthographic norms for writing it in Cyrillic were established. It has long struggled to maintain itself against Russian, particularly in Belarusian urban centres, where there is a high degree of Russification and Belarusian-Russian bilingualism
Belarusian language: or Belarusan language East Slavic language of Belarus, spoken by some
belarusian monetary unit: monetary unit in Belarus
Old Belarusian: The Old East Slavic language

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