Motolian dialect

Dialect of West Polesian
Motolian
Native speakers
(undated figure of 15,000)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
  • Balto-Slavic
    • Slavic
      • East Slavic
        • West Polesian
          • Motolian
Early forms
Proto-Indo-European
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic
    • Proto-Slavic
      • Old East Slavic
        • Ruthenian
Writing system
Cyrillic script
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

Motolian (Мотольска, Motolska)[2][3] is a West Polesian dialect spoken in Belarus. Motol and Tyshkavichy are the principal settlements in the area where it is spoken.[4] There are approximately 15,000 daily speakers of Motolian. One of its most well-known speakers is Alyaksandr Valadzko.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b «Оп — и я на «Сантьяго Бернабеу»! «Добра», «добрэ», «шо ты хочыш» — вот так я говорил :). На хохляцкий манер.
  2. ^ "Мотольский говор, беляши и автостопщики. Пять причин исследовать Беларусь на авто, а не на поезде - KYKY.ORG". kyky.org. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Один день в Мотоле. Видео с полешуками - Блог Аси Поплавской". paplauskaja.livejournal.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  4. ^ Marek Jan Chodakiewicz (2012). Intermarium: The Land Between the Black and Baltic Seas. Transaction Publishers. p. 493. ISBN 978-1412847742. Retrieved 10 October 2015. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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