Vanadovian

Classification and Dialects
White Ruthenian is an Eastern Germanic language spoken in the White Ruthenian Commonwealth, commonly called White Ruthenia.

Writing System
The White Ruthenian Cyrillic script has a lot of orthographical particularities due to conservative spelling :
 * The letter A is pronounced /a/, if stressed. If unstressed, it becomes reduced to /ɐ/, e.g. : aвга (=eye) /'awgɐ/
 * The letter B is pronounced as /w/, if it is followed by a consonant, e.g. : aв г а (=eye) /'awgɐ/
 * The letter Г is pronounced as /v/ followed by the letter O, e.g. : Григ о ра (=Gregor) /grivɐrɐ/
 * The letters Е and И palatalize "automatically" the preceeding consonant, e.g. хн и го (=book) /xɲivɐ/
 * The letter E is pronounced /i/, if unstressed, e.g. : дяскеў (=teacher) /djasciw/
 * The letter O is pronounced /ɐ/, if unstressed, e.g. : хниго (=book) /'xɲivɐ/
 * The letter У is pronounced /ɯ/, if it is in final position, e.g. : хвитрутенску (=White Ruthenian language) /xvjitrutjinskɯ/
 * The letter Ў standing for /w/ is only used for /w/ in final position, e.g. : дяскеў (=teacher) /djasciw/
 * The letter Ъ indicates that the letters Е and И do not palatalize the preceeding consonant, e.g. : объ е цѣнко (=promise) /ɐbitsjɛnkɐ/
 * The letter Ъ may stand for the phoneme /ɐ/, mostly with prefixes ending in the same consonant as the initial word begins, e.g. : с ъ с евѫ (=to see - perfective) /sɐsjɛvɐ/
 * The letter Ь is only used to indicate palatalization with the letter O, e.g. : гасть о (=guest) /gastjɐ/
 * The letter Ѫ stands for the phoneme /ɐ/ and has a purely morphological role (it is an archaism, having been pronounced /ã/), e.g. : съсевѫ (=to see - perfective) /sɐsjɛvɐ/
 * The letter Ѣ stands for the phoneme /jɛ/ and has a purely etymological role (it is an archaism, having been pronounced /æ/), e.g. : объецѣнко (=promise) /ɐbitsjɛnkɐ/