West Polesian

East Slavic language spoken in Southwestern Belarus and in the bordering regions of Poland
Language dialect Q36952
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West Polesian

Summary

West Polesian is a dialect[1]. It draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (dialect category, ranking #153 of 862).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Polesian is in the country of Belarus[3].
  • West Polesian is in the country of Ukraine[4].
  • West Polesian's instance of is recorded as dialect[5].
  • West Polesian's instance of is recorded as Slavic microlanguages[6].
  • West Polesian is a type of East Slavic[7].
  • West Polesian's writing system is recorded as Cyrillic script[8].
  • West Polesian's Commons category is recorded as West Polesian language[9].
  • West Polesian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'заходнепалеская'}[10].
  • West Polesian's indigenous to is recorded as Polesia[11].
  • West Polesian's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Ukraine[12].

Why It Matters

West Polesian draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (dialect category, ranking #153 of 862).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d 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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