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The Belarusian Latin alphabet or Łacinka (from Belarusian: лацінка, BGN/PCGN: latsinka, IPA: [laˈt͡sʲinka]) for the Latin script in general is the common name for writing Belarusian using Latin script. It is similar to the Sorbian alphabet and incorporates features of the Polish and Czech alphabets.
Latin alphabet for Belarusian (Biełaruskaja łacinskaja abeceda) Notes. Cyrillic е, ё, і, ю, я are equivalent to je, jo, ji, ju, ja initially or after a vowel, to e, o, i, u, a after the consonants ć, dź, l, ń, ś, ź, and to ie, io, i, iu, ia after other consonants. The letters Q, W and X are also used, but only to write foreign names.
The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script and is derived from the alphabet of Old Church Slavonic. It has existed in its modern form since 1918 and has 32 letters. See also Belarusian Latin alphabet and Belarusian Arabic alphabet.
Belarulacinka is a way of writing Belarusian with the Latin alphabet created by Stefan Stanchev from Bulgaria in December 2017. His main aim was to create a Latin alphabet for Belarussian language that does not use so many diacritics. It also includes a few letters from the Cyrillic alphabet.
Romanization or Latinization of Belarusian is any system for transliterating written Belarusian from Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet . Standard systems for romanizing Belarusian include:
CyrillicScholarly [2]Ala-lcBritish [3]А аaaaБ бbbbВ вvvvГ гhhhAug 22, 2003 · This is an introduction to the two Belarusian alphabets: Cyrillics and Lacinka (<a href=»articles/art_lac1.html»>Latin Script</a>) . Here, we will not discuss Arabica (<a href=»articles/art_kitab1_en.html»>the Belarusian Arabic Script</a>).
Sep 30, 2001 · Lacinka is the name of the Belarusian writing system based on Latin alphabet. Although the first known book in Latin appears within the present Belarusian borders in the beginning of the 11th century, writing in Belarus remains predominantly in the Cyrillic script until mid-16th century.
