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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.
The modern Belarusian form was defined in 1918, and consists of thirty-two letters. Before that, Belarusian had also been written in the Belarusian Latin alphabet (Łacinka / Лацінка), the Belarusian Arabic alphabet (by Lipka Tatars) and the Hebrew alphabet (by Belarusian Jews).
- 5.1 million (2009 census), 1.3 million L2 speakers (2009 census)
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Spoken in: Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, Canada, USA, Israel. First written: 13th century AD. Writing system: Cyrillic and Latin alphabets. Status: official language in Belarus and parts of Poland. Recognised as a minority language in the Czech Republic, Ukraine and Lithuania.
It is spoken in Belarus and eastern Poland (in the area of Białystok). It is also spoken by Belarusians who live in other countries of Europe , Australia , and North America . Belarusian is written by the either the Cyrillic alphabet or the Latin 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:
