Belarusian Classical Orthography 2005  PDF and DOC

September 10^th, 2005

These are the new rules of the classical orthography (as opposed to the Soviet orthographic version of 1933/1957). The document presented here (in PDF and MS Word formats) is a result of several years' work done by a group of distinguished Belarusian linguists: Zmicier Sauka, Vincuk Viachorka, Zmicier Sanko and Juras Bushlakou. The new orthography rules were accepted and are already being used by several independent media outlets.

White Ruthenia Ethographic Map [735 KB]  JPEG by Jan Stankievich

July 28^th, 2005

"Ethnographical and Historical Territories and Boundaries of Whiteruthenia" is a rare ethnographic map from the well-known 20th century Belarusan linguist and ethnography researcher Dr. Jan Stankievich that outlines the areal of Belarusian people based on linguistic features of the dialects. The map was published in New York in 1953, the scanned image can be found at the bottom of the page.

Fundamentals of Modern Belarusian [421 KB]  PDF by Chris Marchant

February 18^th, 2004

Finally someone did it! Chris Marchant compiled a great 100-page introduction to modern Belarusian language in English. I think this is great news for all English-speaking people who wanted to learn more about Belarusian. This PDF book assumes that you have at least basic or intermediate knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian. I guess knowledge of some other Slavic language will also be helpful for deeper understanding. So, ladies and gentlemen, "Fundamentals of Modern Belarusian", a short introduction to Belarusian grammar.

Belarusian Latin (Lacinka) Keyboard [1KB]  Zipped KBD

March 24^th, 2003

Zipped file contains Windows KBD file with the new Lacinka keyboard for Belarusian language. Here are the installation steps you need to perform:
1. Install LT (Lithuanian) keyboard
2. Unzip kbdlt.kbd and copy it to Windows System directory (usually C:\Windows\System\)
3. Restart Windows. The keyboard layout [lt] now corresponds to Belarusian Latin.
Please note that If you use notepad and applications that don't support Unicode then don't forget to set Baltic codepage. >>>

Win'2000 & XP: Updated Belarusian Keyboard [3KB]  Zipped DLL

February 1^st, 2003

Zipped file contains Windows DLL file with the new keyboard layout for Belarusian language. It is very similar to the standard kdbblr.kbd layout, with one difference. Instead of the key with the back slash \ (typically located near the Enter key), the key is mapped to the new Belarusian letter - Ґґ (Gg). In order to use it you have to unzip the DLL file, temporarily delete the Belarusian keyboard from your list (if you had it there), then copy the new DLL over the old DLL file in your Windows' system directory (e.g. c:\winnt\system\kbdbe.dll). You have to restart Windows for changes to take place. The file was successfully tested in Windows NT, Windows'2000 and Windows'XP. >>>

Win'95&98: Updated Belarusian Keyboard [<1KB]  Zipped KBD

January 15^th, 2003

Zipped file contains Windows KBD file with the new keyboard layout for Belarusian language. It is very similar to the standard kdbblr.kbd layout, with one difference. Instead of the key with the back slash \ (typically located near the Enter key), the key is mapped to the new Belarusian letter - Ґґ (Gg). In order to use it you have to unzip the KDB file and copy it over the old Belarusian KBD file in your Windows' system directory (e.g. C:\Windows\System\kbdblr.kbd). You have to restart Windows for changes to take place. The file was successfully tested in Windows'95 and Windows'98. >>>

Letter Frequency [23KB]  Zipped EXE

December 20^th, 2002

This zipped file contains two files: the Windows program to calculate the frequency of letters in a file (can be used for any language, not only Belarusian), and Microsoft Excel sheet with the complete data on letter frequency for Belarusian and Russian language (including two worksheets: with data on each particular book as well as totals). >>>

Turkish-Belarusian Phrasebook of 1836 [3,0MB]  PDF., New York, 1995

December 2^nd, 2002

The unique Turkish-Belarusian Phrasebook of 1836 (Türkçe-Belarusça Kilavuz Yil = 1836) compiled and transliterated by S.Shupa, published in 1995 in New York. Click here for more details and free download. >>>

Belarusan ABC for kids [2,2MB]  PDF. vyd. Zaranka, New York, 1964

October 3^rd, 2002

This is a very rare edition of Belarusian ABC for kids "Lemantar" written in Lacinka (Belarusian Latin Script) and was published in New York in 1964. The ABC contains 96 scanned pages (black&white, 150dpi). I have received it from Cambridge (big thanks Mikola Paczkajeu!) and scanned it into the PDF format. >>>

Sample Phrase Book [370KB]  PDF. by Uladzimir Katkouski

October 6^th, 2001

The sample Belarusian-English phrase book (first 20 pages) is modeled after Berlitz guides. The reminder of the book will be posted after the work is complete. Please contact the author if you are interested in publishing it or using it in some other fashion. The file is in PDF format (you need Acrobat or similar program to read it). >>>

TrayIcon [30KB]   Zipped WinEXE. By Mikhailian

September 30^th, 2001

This is a script that will translate your Cyrillic script into Lacinka. The program works through the clipboard (first copy the Cyrillic text into the clipbaord, then the output will replace the content of the clipboard). Once you start the program the icon appears in the tray (usually in the right bottom part near the clock), and you can run it by right-clicking it. >>>

NN Orthographic Dictionary [644KB]   Zipped CHM. By NN editorial team

September 29^th, 2001

The new Nasza Niva orthopgraphic dictionary (classical spelling) was converted from separate RTF files into a single CHM (compiled HTML) help file. Easy search and 400% compression. >>>