However, many texts, in both Old Belarusian and the modern literary language (1850s onwards) were originally written and published in Latin characters. The existence of these two graphic systems in the Belarusian written tradition reflects the rich and complex cultural … See also Belarusian Latin alphabet and Belarusian Arabic alphabet.

The language contains many Polish loanwords and is written in a form of the Cyrillic alphabet. Many of us correctly associate the Belarusian language with the Cyrillic alphabet. The alphabet and its pronunciation have a very important role in Belarusian. An older form of Belarusian was used as the official language of administration in the 14th to 16th centuries in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which included present-day Belarus as well as Lithuania and Ukraine. The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script and is derived from the alphabet of Old Church Slavonic.

Once you're … It has existed in its modern form since 1918 and has 32 letters. Present-day łacinka is based on the classical Latin alphabet with some elements of Czech and Polish graphics systems.Thus, hissing sounds are transmitted using the superscript that reminds a tick: ж [ʒ] – ž, ш [ʃ] – š, ч [tʃ] – č (žyta – rye, šum – noise, čas – time).The softness of consonants is indicated by the superscript that looks like the stress: loś – elk, hraź – mud, koń – male horse.After consonants е [je], ё [jɔ], ю [ju], я [jʌ] are transmitted …

The written culture of Belarus is over 11 centuries old.