Re: languages in Russia
From: Vello (vellokala_at_hot.ee)
Date: 09/09/04
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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 22:32:14 +0300
"Vanya" <vanya6724@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
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> "Vello" <vellokala@hot.ee> wrote in message
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> > 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.
But belorussians himself - do they feel they are nation with his own
language or they feel they are russians and will try to forgot "not correct
country dialect"??
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