• The third alphabet of the Belarusan language

  The Belarusian Arabic alphabet (Arabica [arábitsa]) came into use since the 15th century and was well suited to the Old Belarusian vernacular which existed in a diglossic environment. The books it was used in, the “kitabs”, depict particular features (akańnie, dziekańnie, ciekańnie) of the Belarusian language. This article deciphers one of such texts.

• Researcher of Belarusian Arabic books Anton Antanovich

  A life of search of Anton Antanovich, a major researcher of Belarusian Arabic books (kitabs). Just as Mendelssohn rediscovered Bach, Anton Antonovich made possible a systematic study of Belarusian Arabic writings.

• The origin of the Belarusan Arabic alphabet

  Infographics that demonstrates the genesis of the Belarusian Arabic alphabet and its three stages.

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  Books and articles related to the Belarusian Arabic alphabet and Belarusian Tatars.

• Materials 1: Belarusian manuscripts in Arabic sciprt and related research issues

  Research materials on the treatment of Belarusian and Polish Arabic texts within similar similar Slavic and Indo-European contexts: theoretical approaches to the study of graphic system, transliteration and transcription schemes; use of the Arabic alphabet in other Indo-European languages, Turkic languages and their features. Technical issues of writing, copying and compiling Belarusian manuscripts in Arabic.