Podlachian microlanguage

Podlachian
Native speakers	~45,000
Language family	Indo-European Slavic East Slavic Podlachian; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Podlachian language (Pudlaśka mova) is a microlanguage of Belarusians, Poles and Poleshuks which live in Podlachia. It was founded on speech and dialects of Podlachia by enthusiasts like Jan Maksymiuk and Alexander Maksymiuk.

Alphabet

**Podlachian Latin alphabet**
A a	B b	Ć ć	Č č	D d	(Dz dz)	(Ď ď)	(E e)	(Ê ê)	(F f)
G g	H h	Ch ch	I i	(Iê iê)	J j	K k	L l	Ł ł	M m
N n	Ń ń	O o	(Ô ô)	P p	Q q	R r	S s	Ś ś	Š š
T t	Ť ť	U u	V v	W w	X x	Y y	Z z	Ź ź	Ž ž

Explanation

Ć - [t͡sʲ]; Č - [t͡ʃ]; Ď - [dʲ]; Ê - [ɨ ~ e], Iê - [i ~ e]; Ch - [x]; Ł - [l]; Ń - [nʲ]; Ô - [u ~ o]; Ś - [sʲ]; Š - [ʃ]; Ť - [tʲ]; V - [v]; Ź - [zʲ]; Ž - [ʒ];

The letters q, w, x using only in foreign names (Quebec, Quentin, Wellington, Winston, Xanadu, Matrix), and digraphs dź using for record geographical names from Polish and Belarusian languages.

Literature

Jan Maksimjuk, Čom ne po-svojomu? Elementrz podlaski z objaśnieniami. (Чаму не на сваёй мове? Падляскі буквар з тлумачэньнямі для дарослых.) — Biłostôk: Struha Editions, 2014.

External links

Web-site of Podlachian language.

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