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As an East Slavic language, Belarusian phonology is very similar to both Russian and Ukrainian phonology. The primary differences are: [1] Akannye (Belarusian: аканне) – the merger of unstressed /o/ into /a/. The pronunciation of the merged vowel is a clear open front unrounded vowel [a], including after soft consonants and /j/.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Belarusian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Belarusian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Initially, Belarusian grammar was formalised by notable Belarusian linguist Branislaw Tarashkyevich and first printed in Vil'nya (1918). Historically, there had existed several other alternative Belarusian grammars. See also: Belarusian alphabet, Belarusian phonology, History of the Belarusian language.
Although closely related to other East Slavic languages, especially Ukrainian, Belarusian phonology is distinct in a number of ways. The phoneme inventory of the modern Belarusian language consists of 45 to 54 phonemes: 6 vowels and 39 to 48 consonants, depending on how they are counted.
In Belarusian аканне (akanne), both non-softened and softened /o/ and /a/ and other phonemes phonetically merge into in unstressed positions; see Belarusian phonology. In Russian а́канье (akan'ye), (except for Northern dialects), /o/ and /a/ phonetically merge in unstressed positions.
The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script and is derived from the alphabet of Old Church Slavonic. It has existed in its modern form since 1918 and has 32 letters. It has existed in its modern form since 1918 and has 32 letters.
The Phonology of Belarusian-Russian mixed speech is closer to Belarusian. From the point of view of the Russian speaker, the following distinctions are noticeable: presence of palatal affricate consonants [dz̪ʲ] , [ts̪ʲ] instead of [dʲ] , [tʲ] , i.e. [ˈdz̪ʲenʲ] – дзень "day" – instead of [ˈdʲenʲ] день , [ˈts̪ʲixʲɪ ...
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