Belarusian alphabet

Belarusian alphabet

Infobox Writing system
name = Belarusian alphabet
type = Alphabet
typedesc =
time = 1918 to the present
languages = Belarusian
fam1 = Cyrillic alphabet
sisters = Belarusian Latin
Belarusian Arabic
Russian
Ukrainian
children =
sample =
imagesize =
unicode = subset of Cyrillic (U+0400...U+04F0)
iso15924 = Cyrl, 220

The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script and is derived from the alphabet of the Old Church Slavonic language. The alphabet has existed in its modern form since 1918 and consists of thirty-two letters. See also Belarusian Latin alphabet and Belarusian Arabic alphabet.

Letters

Note: proper names and places' names are rendered in BGN/PCGN romanization of Belarusian.

References

* Да рэформы беларускай азбукі. // Працы акадэмічнае канферэнцыі па рэформе беларускага правапісу і азбукі. – Мн. : [б. м.] , 1927.
* Ян Станкевіч. Які мае быць парадак літараў беларускае абэцады [1962] // Ян Станкевіч. Збор твораў у двух тамах. Т. 2. - Мн.: Энцыклапедыкс, 2002. ISBN 985-6599-46-6
* Б. Тарашкевіч. Беларуская граматыка для школ. - Вільня : Беларуская друкарня ім. Фр. Скарыны, 1929 ; Мн. : <Народная асвета>, 1991 [факсімільн.] . - Выданьне пятае пераробленае і пашыранае.
* Што трэба ведаць кожнаму беларусу. Выданне „Вольнае Беларусі“. - Менск : друк-ня А. Я. Грынблята, 1918 ; Менск : Беларускае коопэрацыйна-выдавецкае таварыства ″Адраджэньне″, 1991 [факсімільн.] . - Зборнік артыкулау розных аутарау: М. Міцкевіча, Я. Лёсіка, В. Ластоўскаго, М. Багдановіча, Пётр [?] з Арленят і інш.

External links

* [http://www.pravapis.org/art_belarusian_alphabet.asp Introduction to Belarusian Alphabet]
* [http://www.pravapis.org/art_lac1.asp Introduction to Belarusian Latin Script]
* [http://www.pravapis.org/art_kitab1_en.asp Belarusian language using Arabic script]
* [http://www.pravapis.org/art_letter_frequency.asp Letter Frequency in Belarusian and Russian]
* [http://knihi.com/www/padrucnik/alfabet.htm Беларускі альфабэт]


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