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A SlavicLanguage is any of 18 closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in central and eastern Europe.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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| Instances | BelarusanLanguage | The BelarusanLanguage is an EastSlavicLanguage of Belarus. SIL code: RUW. ISO 639-1: be. ISO 639-2: bel. Population: 7,905,000 in Belarus, 98% of the population (1993 Johnstone). Population total all countries: 10,200,000. 74% of the ethnic group from the former USSR speak it as mother tongue. Region: Also spoken in Azerbaijan, Canada, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia (Europe), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan. Alternate names: BELARUSIAN, BELORUSSIAN, BIELORUSSIAN, WHITE RUSSIAN, WHITE RUTHENIAN, BYELORUSSIAN. Dialects: NORTHEAST BELARUSAN (POLOTS, VITEB_MOGILEV), SOUTHWEST BELARUSAN (GRODNEN_BARANOVICH, SLUTSKO_MOZYR, SLUTSKA_MAZYRSKI), CENTRAL BELARUSAN. Comments: Linguistically between Russian and Ukrainian, with transitional dialects to both. National language. Cyrillic script used. Christian, Muslim (Tatar). Bible 1973. Also spoken in: Poland. (Language name: BELARUSAN.) Population: 230,000 in Poland (1993 Johnstone). Alternate names: BYELORUSSIAN, WHITE RUSSIAN. Comments: Cyrillic alphabet. Bible 1973.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | RussianLanguage | A Slavic language that is spoken in Russia. |
| | RusynLanguage | The RusynLanguage is an EastSlavicLanguage of the Ukraine. SIL code: RUE. ISO 639-2: sla. Population: Population total both countries 50,000 or more. Region: Transcarpathian Oblast of Ukraine. Also possibly in Romania. Alternate names: RUTHENIAN, CARPATHIAN, CARPATHO_RUSYN. Comments: Rusyn is called a dialect of Ukrainian, but speakers are reported to consider themselves distinct from Ukrainians. Standard Ukrainian used for literature, signs. Investigation needed: bilingual proficiency in Ukrainian. Radio programs, TV. Christian. Also spoken in: Slovakia. (Language name: RUSYN.) Population: 50,000 in Slovakia (1991 census). Alternate names: RUTHENIAN, CARPATHIAN, CARPATHO_RUSYN. Dialects: LEMKO. Comments: Rusyn is sometimes called a dialect of Ukrainian, but speakers are reported to consider themselves distinct from Ukrainians. Nearly two_thirds have assimilated culturally and linguistically with the Slovaks. Some ethnic Rusyns in Yugoslavia are reported to speak Eastern Slovak, Sarish dialect, not Rusyn. In 1995 it was declared a normative, codified language in Slovakia, can formally be taught in schools, used for publications, school textbooks. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Ukrainian, bilingual proficiency in Slovak. Dictionary. Radio programs, TV. Christian. See main entry under Ukraine.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | UkrainianLanguage | The UkrainianLanguage is an EastSlavicLanguage of the Ukraine. SIL code: UKR. ISO 639-1: uk. ISO 639-2: ukr. Population: 31,058,000 in Ukraine (1993), 83% of 37,419,000 in the ethnic group (1993 Johnstone). 75% of the population is ethnic Ukrainian. Population total all countries: 47,000,000 (1999 WA). Region: Western Ukraine, adjacent republics. Also spoken in 25 other countries including Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Paraguay, Poland, Romania, Russia (Asia), Slovakia. Dialects: NORTHWEST UKRAINIAN, SOUTHWEST UKRAINIAN, EAST UKRAINIAN. Comments: Dialect differences are slight. Official language. Grammar. Cyrillic script. Christian. Bible 1903-1962. Also spoken in: Poland. (Language name: UKRAINIAN.) Population: 1,500,000 in Poland. Comments: The largest minority language group in Poland. Christian. Bible 1903-1962. Also spoken in: Slovakia. (Language name: UKRAINIAN.) Population: 100,000 in Slovakia. Comments: Christian. Bible 1903-1962.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |