r/belarus • u/NitroXM • 12d ago

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

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u/Zly_Duh 11d ago

Belarusians have a peculiar accent when speaking Russian, even if they claim to speak "pure Russian". You can almost always tell whether Russian speaking person is from Belarus or Moscow, East Ukraine, South Russia, Odessa and so on. It also depends hugely on socioeconomic and cultural background of a person.

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u/agradus 11d ago

Ukrainians often have very distinct accent, especially from the Eastern Ukraine. Although it also depends.

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u/lomaxart 8d ago

Also, some south regions, like Lipetsk, Voronezh and Rostov, has accent. And same words at in Ukrainian. Don't tell me about buryak.

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u/agradus 7d ago

I know a guy from Kuban region. They have a regional dialect, which is actually much closer to Ukrainian than to Russian. But in Russian he speaks maybe a bit different than Belarusians, but not by much. I don’t think I would guess he is not from Belarus if i didn’t know.