Poleszuk
Poleshuks
East Slavic ethnic group
The Poleshuks,[1] also known as Polesians (Ukrainian: поліщуки, romanized: polishchuky, Belarusian: палешукі, romanized: paleshuki, Russian: полещуки, romanized: poleshchuki) are the indigenous population of Polesia (also known as Polesie and Polissia).[1] Their native speech forms a dialect continuum between the Ukrainian and Belarusian languages and includes recently codified West Polesian, as well as many local variations and sub-dialects.[4]
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