The issue of interaction of Smolensk patois and the Belarusian language

Abstract

The subject of the study is the lexical parallels of the Smolensk patois, the Belarusian language, and the borderline Vitebsk and Mogilev patois. The relevance of the study is explained by the general history of the region, the proximity, and sometimes identity of the material and spiritual culture of the Russian-Belarusian border area. A language continuum is developed along the Russian-Belarusian border, which is of great interest to researchers, since it demonstrates the parallel existence of a number of lexical entities that were once part of a single language idiom from the point of view of synchrony. It is known that the modern Belarusian language is formed based on Belarusian patois. Some of the words of the Smolensk patois are found not only in the Belarusian patois bordering the Smolensk Region, but also in the modern Belarusian language. As a result of the research, the article identified more than 100 non-derivative dialect concrete-subject nouns that find a match in the Smolensk patois and in the Belarusian language and along with this are found in the neighboring Smolensk Vitebsk and Mogilev patois. We conclude that the lexical features of Smolensk patois in the context of their interaction with the Belarusian language and Belorusian patois.