According to the Ukrainian census of 2001, the

Belarusian language Belarusian ( be, беларуская мова, biełaruskaja mova, link=no, ) is an East Slavic language. It is the native language of many Belarusians and one of the two official state languages in Belarus. Additionally, it is spoken in some p ...

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 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, obla ...

(6,239),

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

(5,204) and

Donetsk Oblast The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...

(4,842). The regions with the largest percentages of Belarusian speakers out of their total population are Crimea (0.26%),

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. T ...

(0.19%) and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (0.18%).

Overall

In Ukraine overall, Belarusian speakers over time:

Among ethnic Belarusians

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

References

{{Reflist, 2 Ethnic groups in Ukraine Languages of Ukraine Belarusian people Belarusian language