Poleshuks
Poleshuks from Kobryn (1916) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Belarus | 14,000 |
| Ukraine | 9,000 |
| Languages | |
| West Polesian, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Belarusians, Ukrainians, Podlashuks | |
The Poleshuks, or Polishchuks, also known as Polesians (Ukrainian: поліщуки, romanized: polishchuky, Belarusian: палешукі, romanized: paleshuki, Russian: полещуки, romanized: poleshchuki, Polish: Poleszucy) are the indigenous population of Polesia (also known as Polesie and Polissia). Their native speech forms a dialect continuum between the Belarusian and Ukrainian languages and includes recently codified West Polesian, as well as many local variations and sub-dialects.