Belorussian language scholar help

[Alina Wyman]

Dear Larisa,

The letter щ does not exist in modern Belarusian. Sound clusters
corresponding to the Russian щ are usually rendered as "шч" in Belarusian.

Best,

Alina Wyman

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Larisa Walsh <walsh_l2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear SEELANGERs,
> The Automated Bibliographic Control Committee of the
>  Slavic and East European Section of ACRL (ABC SEES) is working on the
> proposal to the Library of Congress on making changes to the Belorussian
>  Language Transliteration Table. Specifically, the Committee is looking
> into a status of the letter щ in the Belorussian Transliteration Table.
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> We would like to consult a Belorussian language specialist regarding the
> history of
>  this letter in Belorussian language before the proposal is finalized.
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> Please contact Larisa Walsh, the ABC SEES chair, if you would like to help
> out.
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> Thank you!
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> Larisa Walsh
> Automated Bibliographic Control Committee
> Slavic and East  European Section
> Association of College and Research Libraries
> walshl at uchicago.edu
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