Group: | Podlashuks |
Regions: | Podlaskie and Lublin Voivodeships, Poland |
Languages: | Podlachian (sometimes classified as of Ukrainian or Belarusian), Polish |
Religions: | Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholicism |
Related Groups: | Belarusians, Ukrainians, Podlachians, Poleshuks |
Podlashuks (Podlachian: Пудляшуки, Pudliashuki; Ukrainian: Підляшани|translit=Pidliashany; Belarusian: Падляшукі|translit=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]
Podlashuks traditionally speak the Podlachian microlanguage, alternatively classified as the of Northern Ukrainian.[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.