Lukashenka signs new spelling rules into law
Belarusian
President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has signed into law new Belarusian language
spelling and punctuation rules that passed the House of Representatives of the
National Assembly on June 24.
Changes include new hyphenation rules, a wider use of labialized "у," the use of "а" instead of "о" in a larger number of borrowed words, new spellings of compound and abbreviated words, and the requirement that the names of certain governmental agencies, organizations, enterprises, ranks and positions should be always capitalized.
Changes include new hyphenation rules, a wider use of labialized "у," the use of "а" instead of "о" in a larger number of borrowed words, new spellings of compound and abbreviated words, and the requirement that the names of certain governmental agencies, organizations, enterprises, ranks and positions should be always capitalized.
