West Polesian
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The Polesian microlanguage,[1] (Native name: Заходышнополіська волода, Zakhodyshnopoliska voloda; Ukrainian: Західнополіська мікромова, Zakhidnopolis'ka mikromova, Belarusian: Заходнепалеская мікрамова, Zakhodniepalieskaya mikramova) or dialect is spoken in Southwestern Belarus, in Northwestern Ukraine and in the bordering regions of Poland. It is also considered a Slavic microlanguage, in effect a transitional language between the Ukrainian and the Belarusian.
If you want to know about Polesian, I can tell you the exact composition of our language. It is 40 percent Ukrainian, 5 percent Belarusian, 5 percent Polish, and 50 percent Polesian. — Vasily Ptashits (Василий Пташиц), Intermarium [1]
West Polesian is mostly used in everyday speech, though attempts have been made in 1990s to develop a standard written language for the dialects. [citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ a b Marek Jan Chodakiewicz (2012). Intermarium: The Land Between the Black and Baltic Seas. Transaction Publishers. p. 493. ISBN 1412847745. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
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