Thread: Belarussian

Did you know that belorussian is very influenced by polish hehe

Originally Posted by Pasha

Did you know that belorussian is very influenced by polish hehe

Did you know that it actually remains to be seen if it's that or vice versa hehe

But I suppouse that Belarusssian minority sticks to Belarussian (not Russian, nor Polish) language very strongly in Poland.

Cheers,

Michal

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Belarussian has a Latin alphabet that resembles the Polish alphabet (it has the L with the line through it).

Bellorussian doesn't use cyrillic alphabet?

Originally Posted by Vlacko

Bellorussian doesn't use cyrillic alphabet?

It does. I have no idea what Taty is talking about.

Belarussian alphabet:

Originally Posted by translations.nm.ru

Originally Posted by Vlacko

Bellorussian doesn't use cyrillic alphabet?

It does. Belarussian alphabet:

Taty probably refers to the Latin-based alphabet that was used f in the past (16-19 centuries), and is still used by some Belarussians abroad and by some Belarussian nationalists in Belarussia itself.

Here's a sample text in Belorussian with latin letters:

Usie ludzi naradžajucca svabodnymi i roŭnymi ŭ svajoj hodnasci i pravach. Jany nadzieleny rozumam i sumleńniem i pavinny stavicca adzin da adnaho ŭ duchu bractva.

You can see the latin alphabet for Belorussian on this site:

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/belorussian.htm

Originally Posted by translations.nm.ru

Originally Posted by Vlacko

Bellorussian doesn't use cyrillic alphabet?

It does. I have no idea what Taty is talking about.

Belarussian alphabet:

Belarussian has a Cyrillic and Latin alphabet. The Cyrillic mostly used.

The Belarussian Latin alphabet works the same as the Polish one in many ways.

I.e. palatisation is denoted using the letter i (where is acts like the Cyrillic soft sign) or an acute accent.

E.g.

Belarusian Cyrillic: Беларусь
Belarusian Latin: Biełaruś

The i tells the reader that the B is soft. The I is SILENT however. [In this context I is identical to Cyrillic ь]
ś is soft S [сь]

After taking 5 years of Russian... I found that it is so easy to get into Belarusian... I have fallen in love with the Cyrillic part of the Belarusian language. There are just so many languages i am into, eventhough i am also studying Italian, and Japanese I put those down for some time already to focus on Russian and Belarusian. And some time later on down the line i hope to learn Ukrainian. Cyrillic is such a beautiful alphabet!!!

Originally Posted by CyrillicAngel

Cyrillic is such a beautiful alphabet!!!

агрид! со бютифул ай алвайз райт лайк дыз!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Originally Posted by CyrillicAngel

Cyrillic is such a beautiful alphabet!!!

агрид! со бютифул ай алвайз райт лайк дыз!

Инкоррект! Соу бьютифул, Ай олуэз райт лак зыс! Оунли киддин'.

Сириллик из э фонетикэл элфабет, ю ноу.

On Belarussian:

Belarussian is very seldom used in Belarus - approximately 35% of Belarussians speak Belarussian at home, out of those a good half uses a mixture with Russian. Even offcially Russian is used more often than Belarussian in Belarus.

Learning multiple similar languages will cause confusion, I would master one then move to another. Ukrainian has more value than Belarussian, unless you want to livea and work in Belarus.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Originally Posted by CyrillicAngel

Cyrillic is such a beautiful alphabet!!!

агрид! со бютифул ай алвайз райт лайк дыз!

Инкоррект! Соу бьютифул, Ай олуэз райт лак зыс! Оунли киддин'.

Сириллик из э фонетикэл элфабет, ю ноу.

On Belarussian:

Belarussian is very seldom used in Belarus - approximately 35% of Belarussians speak Belarussian at home, out of those a good half uses a mixture with Russian. Even offcially Russian is used more often than Belarussian in Belarus.

Learning multiple similar languages will cause confusion, I would master one then move to another. Ukrainian has more value than Belarussian, unless you want to live and work in Belarus.