Belarusian Latin alphabet
The Belarusian Latin alphabet or Łacinka for the Latin script in general is the common name for writing Belarusian using Latin script. It is similar to the Sorbian alphabet and incorporates features of the Polish and Czech alphabets. Today, Belarusian most commonly uses the Cyrillic alphabet.
Biscriptal street sign in Minsk, Belarus.
Naša Niva in Cyrillic and Latin scripts
Biełaruskaja hramatyka dla škoł (Belarusian grammar for schools) (1918)
Simultaneous use of the digraphs ''sz/cz'' and their replacement diacritics ''š/č'' in the same text in a Newspaper Jednaść.
Belarusian is an East Slavic language. It is one of the two official languages in Belarus, alongside Russian. Additionally, it is spoken in some parts of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Ukraine by Belarusian minorities in those countries.
The Casimir's Code of 1468, in Ruthenian
The third Lithuanian statute of 1588, all three written in Ruthenian
Ruthenian Bible by Francysk Skaryna, 1517, first ever book printed in Eastern Europe
The cover of the copy of the Dictionary of the Belarusian Local Tongue by Ivan Nasovič preserved at the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum