Talk:Names of Belarusian places in other languages

Latest comment: 9 years ago by Tamfang in topic Who needs it?

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It would appear from this chart that each language adapts foreign names to its own phonology and morphology. Who'd have suspected it?

Would anything remain if obvious cognates were stripped? —Tamfang (talk) 17:48, 21 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

Belarusian (Łacinka)Belarusian (Cyrillic)RussianPolishYiddishLithuanian
Dziaržynsk (Kojdanaŭ)Дзяржынск (Койданаў)Дзержинск (Койдановo) / Dzerzhinsk (Kojdanovo)Dzierżyńsk (Kojdanów)קוידענאוו / KoidenavDziaržynskas (Kaidanava)
Minsk (Miensk)Мінск (Менск)Минск / MinskMińsk (-Litewski)מינסק / MinskMinskas
Červień (Ihumen)Чэрвень (Ігумен)Червень (Игумен) / Cherven (Igumen)Czerwień (Ihumeń)אייהומען / EihumenČervenė (Igumenas)
BiarozaБяроза (-Карту́ская)Берёза / BeryozaBereza (-Kartuska)קארטוז-ברעזא / Kartoz-BrezaBerioza (-Kartuskaja)
Brest (Bieraście)Брэст (Берасьце)Брест (-Литовск) / Brest(-Litovsk)Brześć (-Litewski, -nad Bugiem)בּריסק / BriskBrestas (Lietuvos Brasta)
Ivanava (Janaŭ)Іванава (Я́наў)Иваново (Янов) / Ivanovo (Yanov)Janów (-Poleski)יאנוב פאלעסקי / Yanov PoleskiIvanava
KamianiecКамянецКаменец (-Литовский) / Kamenets (-Litovskiy)Kamieniec (-Litewski)קאמענעץ ליטווסק / Kamenetz LitovskKamenecas
VysokayeВысокаеВысокое(Высоко-Литовск) / Vysokoye (Vysoko-Litovsk)Wysokie (-Litewskie)װיסאָקא־-ליטאװסק / Visoka LitovskAukštieji Lietuviai
Dziatłava (Zdziecieł)Дзятлава (Зьдзецел)Дятлово / DyatlovoZdzięciołזשעטל / ZhetlZietela
ŚvisłačСвіслачСвислочь / SvislochŚwisłoczסיסלעוויטש / SislevitchSvisločius
Mścisłaŭ (Amścisłaŭ)Мсціслаў (Амсьціслаў)Мстиславль / MstislavlMścisławאָמטשיסלאוו / OmtchislavMscislavas
Słaŭharad (Prapojsk)Слаўгарад (Прапойск)Славгород (Пропойск) / Slavgorod (Propoysk)Sławograd (Propojsk)פראָפאָיסק / PropoiskSlauharadas (Prapoiskas)
Vierchniadzvinsk (Drysa)Верхнядзвінск (Дрыса)Верхнедвинск (Дрисса) / Verkhnedvinsk (Drissa)Wierchniedźwińsk (Dryssa)דריסא / DrisaVerchniadzvinskas (Drisa)
Confining the list to those with variations not readily explicable by phonologic adaptation (or independent developments in related languages) leaves the above. —Tamfang (talk) 23:43, 14 January 2017 (UTC)Reply