West Polesian microlanguage

West Polesian
Language family	Indo-European Slavic East Slavic West Polesian
Writing system	Cyrillic Alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

West Polesian (yellow area) within the Belarusian dialect system

West Polesian (marked with number 1, blue area) amongst the Ukrainian dialects

The West 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 Ptashitz (Василий Пташиц), Intermarium ^[1]

West Polesian dialects are mostly used in everyday speech, though attempts have been made in 1990s by efforts of Nikolai Shelyagovich to develop a standard written language for the dialect.^[2]

See also

• Surzhyk
• Trasianka

References

1. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz (2012). Intermarium: The Land Between the Black and Baltic Seas. Vasily Ptashits (Василий Пташиц) and the Polesian nationalism. Transaction Publishers. p. 493. ISBN 1412847745. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
2. Цыхун Г.А. Пра заходнепалескую літаратурную мікрамову (праект М. Шэляговіча) (retrieved July 13, 2016) First published in: Матэрыялы навукова-краязнаўчай канфэрэнцыі “Палесьсе ў ХХ ст.” (1-4 чэрвеня, Беласток) / Укл. і аг. рэд. Ф.Клімука, А.Энгелькінг, В.Лабачэўская. — Менск: Тэхналёгія, 2001. — 320 с. — Наклад 320 ас. ISBN 985-458-034-2