Podlashuks

Podlashuks
	19th century painting "Ruthenians from Podlachia" by Jan Lewicki.
Regions with significant populations
	Podlaskie and Lublin Voivodeships, Poland
Languages
	Podlachian (sometimes classified as a subdialect [uk] of Ukrainian or Belarusian), Polish
Religion
	Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
	Belarusians, Ukrainians, Podlachians, Poleshuks

Podlashuks (Podlachian: Пудляшуки, romanized: Pudliashuki; Ukrainian: Підляшани, romanized: Pidliashany; Belarusian: Падляшукі, romanized: Padliashuki; Polish: Podlaszucy) are an East Slavic ethnic group from Podlachia, a historical region in northeastern Poland which includes the Podlaskie and Lublin Voivodeships. Some Podlashuks identify as Belarusian, Ukrainian, or Polish, while others identify as a distinct ethnic group.^[1]

Language

Podlashuks traditionally speak the Podlachian microlanguage, alternatively classified as the Podlachian subdialect [uk] of Northern Ukrainian.^[1]^[2]

Podlashuks in northern Podlachia, located within Podlaskie Voivodeship, are mostly Eastern Orthodox, while those in southern Podlachia, in Lublin Voivodeship, are mostly Roman Catholic.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Timish Olesiuk, Entsyklopediya ukrayinoznavstva : Slovnykova chastyna, Naukove tovarystvo imeni Shevchenka. 1970.
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