voron wrote:The links to some learning materials can be found here:
http://resources.unilang.org/wiki3/index.php/Belarusian
1. How can one differentiate between Belarusian and Russian when hearing?
How can you type Belarusian font?
Which one is closer to Russian: Belarusian or Ukrainian?
One of the links www.vitba.org doesn't function properly. I think it should be http://vitba.org/
Could you explain this one a bit more, please? (My IPA-skills are not too good.)voron wrote:2. The letter Ч is pronounced as /tʂ/ with the retroflex second component (same as Polish cz), unlike Russian /tɕ/
dorenda wrote:Could you explain this one a bit more, please? (My IPA-skills are not too good.)voron wrote:2. The letter Ч is pronounced as /tʂ/ with the retroflex second component (same as Polish cz), unlike Russian /tɕ/
Mulder-21 wrote:So to sum up Belarusian's similarities with the other East Slavic languages, I've found this:
Belarusian Г (g) has become (h) just like in Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian.
Stressless O's have become A, just like in Russian, except Belarusian actually writes these A.
Right? I mean, this is just an outlining I've noticed.
And tell me, is Belarusian stress just as 'freaky' as Russian's and Ukrainian's?
Are there any significant differences in grammar from the other two? I'm here especially thinking about possible Polish and/or Lithuanian influences.
And is there any 'movement' to re-introduce Łacinka?
Дзякуй! It took a while before I got that site to play the file, but now the difference is clear to me.voron wrote:To illustrate the differences I've recorded myself pronouncing pairs of Russian and Belarusian words which differ only in pronunciation: http://s10.divshare.com/launch.php?f=2622871&s=4aa
Does п belong to this group too, by any chance?Fundamentals of Modern Belarusian wrote:If a consonant is palatized, an immediately preceding consonant is also palatized, provided it is one of the eligible consonants. (...) The consonants б, в, м, and ф are not palatized this way, but if they are followed by an iotized vowel, consonants that precede one of these letters can be palatized by assimilation.
dorenda wrote:1. Is the letter і in Belarussian ever pronounced like йі? For example in words like сям'і or лініі?
Does п belong to this group too, by any chance?Fundamentals of Modern Belarusian wrote:If a consonant is palatized, an immediately preceding consonant is also palatized, provided it is one of the eligible consonants. (...) The consonants б, в, м, and ф are not palatized this way, but if they are followed by an iotized vowel, consonants that precede one of these letters can be palatized by assimilation.
voron wrote: The consonants дз, ц, з, с, л, н are palatalised when preceding a palatalised consonant. In the old orthography this palatalisation is marked in the spelling (with the ь sign)... By 'old' spelling I just meant the one which preceded the current (official) spelling. I could name it 'classical' or 'tarashkevitsa' as well but I found these names not so self-explanatory. And I was just too lazy at the moment to type all the story of the two conflicting Belarusian orthographies.
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