Vanadovian

Classification and Dialects
Ruthenian is the only surviving East Germanic language, being spoken in the Commonwealth of White Ruthenia (where it is also the national language). Ruthenian has its core vocabulary from Proto-Germanic, however many words employed in Ruthenian are from Slavic origins (being surrounded by Slavic people). It is also noteworthy that Ruthenian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet.

Writing System

 * the letter B stands for /u/ at the end of a word, e.g. : сяв (=he saw - preterite) /sjau/
 * the letter Г represents the phoneme /g/ only if being employed as the first letter of a word, e.g. : гoнц (=goose) /gɔnts/ ; however at the middle of a word, this letter must be pronounced as /h/, e.g. : того (=therefore) /tɔha/ ; and at the end of a word, it is pronounced as /j/, e.g. : дег (=you - accusative case of ду) /djɛj/
 * the letter Е induces (mostly) automatically the palatalization of the preceeding consonant, e.g. : д ег (=you - accusative case of ду) / dj ɛj/ ; if unstressed the letter E is being pronounced /i/, e.g. : модер (=mother) /mɔdjir/
 * the letter И always induces the palatalization of the preceeding consonant, however it can just stand at final position of a word, e.g. : гас т и (=guest) /gas tj i/
 * the letter I always induces the palatalization of the preceeding consonant and it can stand at every position of a word besides of the final one, e.g. : т iждньо (=week) / tj iʒdɲa/
 * the letter Л is pronounced as /u/, if followed by a consonant, e.g. : вол ф а (=wolf) /vɔu f a/
 * the letter O, if unstressed, is pronounced /a/, e.g. : того (=therefore) /tɔha/
 * the letter Х is pronounced /h/ in the initial position of a word, e.g. : хват (=what) /hvat/
 * the letter Ѡ is only used to mark exclamations like the vocative case or exclamation words (it can never be reduced to /a/), e.g. : ѡ! (=oh!) /ɔ/
 * the letter Ъ stands for the ligant vowel /a/ in Slavic suffixes being incorporated into the Ruthenian language, e.g. : зъсевѫ (=to see - perfective) /zasjɛva/ ; it may also stand as an indication that the stressed letter E does not induce palatalization, e.g. : объещаность (=promise) /abɛɕtjanastj/ (and not : /abjɛɕtjanastj/ )
 * the letter Ь induces palatalization, even in positions, where palatalization would be expected without it, e.g. : тiжд н ьо (=week) /tjiʒdɲa/, but also : сьеван (=seen - past participle passive) /sjɛvan/ or сьемь (=seven) /sjɛmj/ (although the stressed letter E indicates automatically palatalization)
 * the letter Ѣ stood for the phoneme /æ/, however it stands today for the phoneme /ɛ/ and like the letter E, it induces palatalization. Unlike the letter E, it can never be reduced to /i/ even if unstressed, e.g. : ф ѣря (=ferry) / fj ɛrja/
 * the letter Ѫ stands for the phoneme /a/, mostly for grammatical purposes (like the marking of the infinitive present), howere it stoods once for the nazalized version of the phoneme /a/, e.g. : зъсевѫ (=to see - perfective) /zasjɛva/
 * the letter Ѳ stands for the phoneme /f/, representing the Greek equivalent of "ph", e.g. : ѳѵзiко (=physics) /fjizjika/
 * the letter Ѵ stand for the phoneme /i/, representing the Greek equivalent of "y", and induces like the letters I and И palatalization, e.g. : ѳ ѵзiко (=physics) / fj izjika/

Vocabulary
Origins of the listed vocabulary here :
 * Germanic : 66%
 * Slavic : 25%
 * Other : 8%