West Polesian

East Slavic language spoken in Southwestern Belarus and in the bordering regions of Poland
Class type of: East Slavic Q36952

Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
East Slavic[5]
Short name
заходнепалеская[7]
Indigenous to
Polesia[8]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Ukraine[9]
Writing system
Cyrillic script[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en West Polesian en West Polesian language cs západní polesština de Palesisch de Polesisch de Westpolesisch de westpolesische Sprache de Westpolessisch de westpolessische Sprache de Jatvingisch de Jatvjagisch es dialecto polesio occidental es lengua polesiana occidental es microlengua polesiana es polesiano occidental es polesio occidental fa پولسیایی غربی fr polésien id bahasa Polesia Barat id Polesia Barat
🔖 Identifiers · 4
GND ID
4329855-2
Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens ID
2a6e
Freebase ID
/m/0dsckt_
Glottolog code
west2977

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Country 2
Instance of 2
Indigenous to 1
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Subclass of 1
Writing system 1
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Summary

West Polesian is a dialect[1].

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  1. 9w ago · Iketsi · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Distribution map → Západní Polesština.png, Мапа распаўсюджасьць Заходнепалескае мовы.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Distribution map: Мапа распаўсюджасьць Заходнепалескае мовы.jpg"
  2. 26w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Belarus, Ukraine
    Subclass of → East Slavic
    Indigenous to → Polesia
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||sl, pt, ru, be, ko, uk, fa, zh, hsb, be-x-old */ Add 10 multilingual descriptions extracted from Wikipedia article first sentences (universal multilingual mai"
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