Cyrillization of Polish
The Cyrillization of Polish has been practised in many forms and began in the mid-19th century in the Russian Empire. Between 1772 and 1815, the Russian Empire seized about four fifths of Poland-Lithuania, where Polish was the leading official language. Polish remained the official language of the incorporated Polish-Lithuanian territories until the late 1830s. Later, it was gradually replaced with Russian through the mid-1860s. A middle stage for the transition was the use of the Russian-style Cyrillic for writing Polish.[1]
Russian Cyrillization of Polish
The system of the Cyrillization of Polish, as employed in today's Russia, emerged during the 1970s in the postwar Soviet Union. It is a form of transcription.[2]
New Polish Cyrillic
Since the early 1990s Polish-language religious books produced for Catholics in western Belarus (i.e. Hrodno Diocese) have been published in the newly-devised Polish Cyrillic, which is largely based on the Russian form of this alphabet.[3]
Example: Lord's Prayer
In Polish Cyrillic: Ойчэ наш, ктурысь ест в небе, сьвенць се Име Твое, пшыйдзь Крулество Твое, боньдзь воля Твоя, яко в небе так и на земи. Хлеба нашэго повшэднего дай нам дзисяй. И одпусьць нам нашэ вины, яко и мы одпушчамы нашым виновайцом. И не вудзь нас на покушэне, але нас збав одэ злэго. Амэн.[4]
In Alternative Polish Cyrillic: Ојче наш, ктўрыҫ јест в њебє, ҫвјӗнць ҫӗ Имјӗ Твоје, пшыјђ Крўљество Твоје, бӑђ воља Твоја, јако в њебє так и на җеми. Хљеба нашего повшедњего дај нам ђиҫај. И одпуҫћ нам наше вины, јако и мы одпушчамы нашым виновајцом. И не вўђ нас на покушење, аље нас збав оде злего. Амен.
Romanization: Oĭčé naš, kturıs’ est v nebe, s’venc’ se İme Tvoe, pšıĭdz’ Krulestvo Tvoe, bon’dz’ volâ Tvoâ, âko v nebe tak i na zemi. Hleba našégo povšédnego daĭ nam dzisâĭ. İ odpus’c’ nam našé vinı, âko i mı odpushchamy nashym vinovaitsom. İ ne vudz’ nas na pokušéne, ale nas zbav odé zlégo. Amén.
In the Polish Latin alphabet: Ojcze nasz, któryś jest w niebie, święć się Imię Twoje, przyjdź Królestwo Twoje, bądź wola Twoja, jako w niebie tak i na ziemi. Chleba naszego powszedniego daj nam dzisiaj. I odpuść nam nasze winy, jako i my odpuszczamy naszym winowajcom. I nie wódź nas na pokuszenie, ale nas zbaw ode złego. Amen
References
- ^ cf А. Ф. Гильфердинга.1871. "Общеславянская азбука с приложением образцов славянских наречий". Санкт-Петербург.
- ^ А. 3. Скрипниченко and Н. К. Тарасюк. Инструкция по русской передаче географических названий Польши. Moscow: Nauka.
- ^ "The New Polish Cyrillic in Independent Belarus". Tomasz Kamusella.Colloquia Humanistica. 2019. Vol 8. (pp 79-112).
- ^ p 3 in: Крыштопік, Тадэвуш / Kryshtopik, Tadevush [=Krysztopik, Tadeusz]. 2015. Pacierz. Katechizm' [Prayers. Catechism] (4th edition). Гродно Hrodno [=Hrodna]: Гродзенская дыяцэзія Рымска-каталіцкага Касцёла ў Рэспубліцы Беларусь Hrodzienskaja dyjacezija Rymska-katalickaha Kascioła ŭ Respublicy Biełaruś. ISBN 9789856940760.