r/belarus 12d ago

Беларуская мова / Belarusian language Does Belarusian youth have Belarusian accent when speaking Russian?

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u/Minskdhaka 12d ago

Not usually anymore, at least in the cities. Only once in a while a Belarusian "h" instead of a Russian "g" will slip through. My mum's generation (people in their 60s) and those older than that tend to have strong Belarusian accents in Russian. Even in my generation (I'm 45), a Belarusian accent is rare, let alone in today's youth.

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u/nemaula 12d ago

I guess you are Minsk native ) in small towns still a lot of ppl say "h", also say "u" instead of "v" in the endings, especially verbs, "akanne", and also "sh" and "ch" and "r" are not that palatalized.

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u/lomaxart 8d ago

In south regions of Russia same "g"