Amusing debate over language in Ukraine -- and a question

[Elena Gapova]

I am not sure what was the native language for the ethnically Belarusian
Yanukovich, but the pronunciation would be "Yanykovitch": the tverdoe "tch"
(ч) at the end (or elsewhere - this sound is always tverdyi in Belarusian)
would be very different from the way Russians pronounce this name.

e.g.


Paul B. Gallagher wrote:

> first of all, he's ethnical Bielorussian.

That's a possibility that hadn't occurred to me, thanks.

What would be the correct pronunciation/transliteration from his native
Belarusan?

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