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- Today, Belarusian most commonly uses the Cyrillic alphabet.
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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 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.
- Cyrillic
- subset of Cyrillic (U+0400...U+04FF)
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.
Many of us correctly associate the Belarusian language with the Cyrillic alphabet. However, many texts, in both Old Belarusian and the modern literary language (1850s onwards) were originally written and published in Latin characters. The existence of these two graphic...
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)
Aug 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>).
Belarusian is written by the either the Cyrillic alphabet or the Latin alphabet . Belarusian is an Endangered language, as it has a low rate of speakers in its native countries. References. Belarusian edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ↑ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007.
