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February 19, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The share of city residents preferring to speak Belarusian rose to 11 percent last year from 7 percent in December 2023, an independent poll has found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, 44 percent spoke Belarusian only from time to time, while 88 percent preferred to speak Russian. Just 5 percent spoke Russian from time to time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As many as 92 percent of respondent preferred Russian and 44 percent communicated in Belarusian from time to time in December 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian Identity in 2024 survey was conducted by Filip Bikana\u016d and Kanstancin Nie\u015bciarovi\u010d among 800 people of different ages online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Police brand 20 \u201cCichano\u016dskaja\u2019s think-tankers\u201d as extremists<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

February 19, Pozirk. The share of city residents preferring to speak Belarusian rose to 11 percent last year from 7 percent in December 2023, an independent poll has found. However, 44 percent spoke Belarusian only from time to time, while 88 percent preferred to speak Russian. Just 5 percent spoke Russian from time to time. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":55880,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-127025","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nShare of regular Belarusian speakers rises to 11 percent over year \u2013 poll | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 19, Pozirk. 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