Trasianka

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Trasianka is a mixed East Slavic speech variety, primarily combining elements of Belarusian and Russian, commonly used in informal communication in Belarus.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Trasianka canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contact variety
mixed language
sociolect
speech variety
associatedWithEthnicGroup Belarusians
associatedWithRegion rural Belarus
urban Belarus
contrastedWith standard Belarusian
standard Russian
emergedFrom Soviet-era Russification policies
language contact between Belarusian and Russian
hasAlternativeName трасянка
hasComponentLanguage Belarusian language
surface form: Belarusian

Russian
hasDebatedStatus dialect
interlect
mixed code
hasLinguisticFeature code-mixing of Belarusian and Russian
lexical borrowing from Russian
morphological mixing
phonological features of Belarusian
variable grammar
hasRegister informal
hasSociolinguisticStatus low prestige
stigmatized variety
hasUsageTrend declining among younger educated speakers
persistent in informal rural contexts
influencedBy Russian media
urbanization in Belarus
isExampleOf code-switching continuum
post-Soviet mixed speech
languageFamily East Slavic languages
perceivedAs incorrect Belarusian
incorrect Russian
subjectOf sociolinguistic research in Belarus
timeOfEmergence 20th century
typicalDomainOfUse everyday speech
informal communication
oral communication
usedBy bilingual speakers of Belarusian and Russian
rural-to-urban migrants in Belarus
working-class speakers in Belarus
usedInCountry Belarus
writingSystem Cyrillic

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East Slavic languages hasPart Trasianka