Narkamaŭka (, or , ) is a colloquial name for the

reformed Reform is beneficial change. Reform, reformed or reforming may also refer to: Media * ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang * Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group * ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine Places * Reform, Al ...

Belarusian orthography. The name is derived from the Belarusian word ''narkam'' (), which was a short form for the early Soviet name for a people's commissar, '' narodny kamisar'' () in Belarusian. Narkamaŭka is a simplified version of the

Belarusian language Belarusian (, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language. It is one of the two Languages of Belarus, official languages in Belarus, the other being Russian language, Russian. It is also spoken in parts of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Polan ...

's orthography, with some scholars claiming that it caused the language to become closer to

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

during

Soviet era The history of the Soviet Union (USSR) (1922–91) began with the ideals of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution and ended in dissolution amidst economic collapse and political disintegration. Established in 1922 following the Russian Civil War, ...

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

.Yuliya Brel. (

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially known as UD, UDel, or Delaware) is a Statutory college#Delaware, privately governed, state-assisted Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Newark, Delaware, United States. UD offers f ...

The Failure of the Language Policy in Belarus.
''New Visions for Public Affairs'', Volume 9, Spring 2017, pp. 59--74 The name was coined around the end of the 1980s, or the beginning of the 1990s, by the Belarusian linguist

Vincuk Viačorka Valancin Ryhoravič Viačorka (, , ; born 7 July 1961) is a Belarusian linguist, politician and former leader (1999–2007) of the Belarusian Popular Front (BNF), a Belarusian opposition party. Early life and education Vincuk Viačorka was ...

., .

Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...

, 1999. pp. 20–26.

References

Belarusian grammar Russification {{Slavic-lang-stub

See also

References