According to the Ukrainian census of 2001, the Belarusian language is native to 56,249 people in the country, [1] including 19.8% of ethnic Belarusians. The largest number of Belarusian-speakers live in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (6,239), Crimea (5,204) and Donetsk Oblast (4,842). The regions with the largest percentages of Belarusian speakers out of their total population are Crimea (0.26%), Chernihiv Oblast (0.19%) and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (0.18%).
In Ukraine overall, Belarusian speakers over time:
1989 [2] | 2001 [1] | |
---|---|---|
Total number | 161,404 | 56,249 |
% | 0.31% | 0.12% |
According to censuses, the native languages of ethnic Belarusians in Ukraine were: [3] [4]
Language | 1979 | 1989 | 2001 |
---|---|---|---|
Russian | 56.0% | 55.2% | 62.5% |
Belarusian | 35.1% | 35.5% | 19.8% |
Ukrainian | 8.9% | 9.3% | 17.5% |
Other | 0.02% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Among Belarusians of Ukraine, their fluency in the Belarusian language dropped from 48.5% to 31.7% from 1989 to 2001. [5] [6]
This chart lists settlements in which at least 10% of the population spoke Belarusian as their mother tongue during the 2001 census. [7] Italics indicate settlements with a population of less than 25 people.
Settlement | % Belarusian speakers |
---|---|
Vesela Dolyna | 60.0 |
Vyshchepanivka | 40.0 |
Krasniy Bir | 27.3 |
Omelusha | 25.0 |
Hannivka | 19.6 |
Trudove | 19.1 |
Sosnivka | 15.4 |
Kalashnyky | 14.3 |
Sadky | 14.3 |
Noviy Myr | 12.6 |
Harkavec | 12.5 |
Vasylivka | 12.5 |
Olenivka | 12.0 |
Kisivka | 12.0 |
Soborne | 11.8 |
Dmitrivka | 11.1 |
Hodyn | 10.0 |
Skelky | 10.0 |
Konovalik | 10.0 |
According to the Ukrainian census of 2001, the Belarusian language is native to 56,249 people in the country, [1] including 19.8% of ethnic Belarusians. The largest number of Belarusian-speakers live in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (6,239), Crimea (5,204) and Donetsk Oblast (4,842). The regions with the largest percentages of Belarusian speakers out of their total population are Crimea (0.26%), Chernihiv Oblast (0.19%) and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (0.18%).
In Ukraine overall, Belarusian speakers over time:
1989 [2] | 2001 [1] | |
---|---|---|
Total number | 161,404 | 56,249 |
% | 0.31% | 0.12% |
According to censuses, the native languages of ethnic Belarusians in Ukraine were: [3] [4]
Language | 1979 | 1989 | 2001 |
---|---|---|---|
Russian | 56.0% | 55.2% | 62.5% |
Belarusian | 35.1% | 35.5% | 19.8% |
Ukrainian | 8.9% | 9.3% | 17.5% |
Other | 0.02% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Among Belarusians of Ukraine, their fluency in the Belarusian language dropped from 48.5% to 31.7% from 1989 to 2001. [5] [6]
This chart lists settlements in which at least 10% of the population spoke Belarusian as their mother tongue during the 2001 census. [7] Italics indicate settlements with a population of less than 25 people.
Settlement | % Belarusian speakers |
---|---|
Vesela Dolyna | 60.0 |
Vyshchepanivka | 40.0 |
Krasniy Bir | 27.3 |
Omelusha | 25.0 |
Hannivka | 19.6 |
Trudove | 19.1 |
Sosnivka | 15.4 |
Kalashnyky | 14.3 |
Sadky | 14.3 |
Noviy Myr | 12.6 |
Harkavec | 12.5 |
Vasylivka | 12.5 |
Olenivka | 12.0 |
Kisivka | 12.0 |
Soborne | 11.8 |
Dmitrivka | 11.1 |
Hodyn | 10.0 |
Skelky | 10.0 |
Konovalik | 10.0 |