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Use of the Belarusian language in Ukraine
The prevalence of the Belarusian language in the late 19th century.

According to the Ukrainian census of 2001, the Belarusian language is native to 56,249 people in the country, 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%).

Overall

In Ukraine overall, Belarusian speakers over time:

1989 2001
Total number 161,404 56,249
% 0.31% 0.12%

Among ethnic Belarusians

Main article: Belarusians in Ukraine
Map of the prevalence of the Belarusian language among Belarusians in Ukraine according to the 2001 census.

According to censuses, the native languages of ethnic Belarusians in Ukraine were:

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.

Significant Belarusian-speaking settlements

This chart lists settlements in which at least 10% of the population spoke Belarusian as their mother tongue during the 2001 census. Italics indicate settlements with a population of less than 25 people.

Settlement % Belarusian speakers
Vesela Dolyna 60.0
Vyshchepanivka [uk] 40.0
Krasniy Bir [uk] 27.3
Omelusha [uk] 25.0
Hannivka [uk] 19.6
Trudove [uk] 19.1
Sosnivka [uk] 15.4
Kalashnyky [uk] 14.3
Sadky [uk] 14.3
Noviy Myr [uk] 12.6
Harkavec [uk] 12.5
Vasylivka [uk] 12.5
Olenivka [uk] 12.0
Kisivka [uk] 12.0
Soborne 11.8
Dmitrivka [uk] 11.1
Hodyn [uk] 10.0
Skelky [uk] 10.0
Konovalik [uk] 10.0

References

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