Re: languages in Russia

From: Paul J Kriha (paul.nospam.kriha_at_paradise.net.nz)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 19:44:11 +1200

Vanya <vanya6724@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
news:36dab04d.0409081715.58b56c95@posting.google.com...
> "Vello" <vellokala@hot.ee> wrote in message news:<413cade0_2@news.estpak.ee>...
> > Thank you for your post! But byelorussian - is it closer to russian then
> > ukrainian?
>
> Is it closer? The spoken variant is probably slightly closer. But
> does it matter? In my experience Byelorussian is a dying language. The
> Belorussian government does not provide it with anywhere near the
> support Ukrainian gets, most of the culture and entertainment is
> provided in Russian, business is generally conducted in Russian. In
> contrast with Ukraine, Belarus lacks a strong diaspora and the
> Belorussian literary tradition is fairly meager compared to Ukrainian.

What about Lemko? Is it distinct from Ukrainian or would you
regard it as just a dialect of Ukrainian having been given this name
only recently? Is it likely to survive?

Paul JK

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