Russian in Belarus

Speakers

6,672,964

Type

Location

Russian in Belarus

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Russian in Belarus

Size

6,672,964

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

  • Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
  • Dictionaries and grammars
  • Dictionary and grammar
  • Glossary and descriptions
  • Few descriptions
  • No descriptions
Digital
Yes

Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Size / Number of users

Number of users

6672964
Source
census
Year
2009

Users within total population

70.00000
More than 50% use the language

PROPORTION

70
Source
census, 2009

Users within the reference community

100 % use the language
Actual percentage
96
Source
census, 2009

Age distribution of users

5,031,711
75
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Age distribution of users

1,013,525
15
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Age distribution of users

627,625
9
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Generational use

All generations

Educational attainment

36
64
21,463
No education
Source

census, 2009

Early childhood education
Source

census, 2009

46
54
492,238
Primary education
Source

census, 2009

50
50
463,914
Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2009

52
48
1,967,507
Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2009

43
57
3,024,615
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2009

Occupational qualifications

42
58
222,538
Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2009

79
21
425,766
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2009

78
22
655,184
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2009

41
59
53,342
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2009

25
75
390,303
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2009

14
86
152,131
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2009

23
77
405,636
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2009

31
69
475,216
Professionals
Source

census, 2009

55
45
492,237
Managers
Source

census, 2009

Language competence

Language not used
Understand little, speak/sign none
Understand some, speak/sign little
Understand well, speak/sign some
Understand all, speak/sign well
Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Types of language use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion