It is similar to the Sorbian alphabet and incorporates features of the Polish and Czech alphabets. Today, Belarusian most commonly uses the Cyrillic alphabet. Łacinka was predominantly used in the Belarusian area from XVI century and up to 1930s.

The Belarusian Latin alphabet or Łacinka (from Belarusian: лацінка or łacinka, BGN/PCGN: Latsinka, IPA: [laˈt͡sʲinka]) for the Latin script in general is the common name for writing Belarusian using Latin script. It is similar to the Sorbian alphabet and incorporates features of the Polish and Czech alphabets.

The number 48 includes all consonant sounds, including variations and rare sounds, which may be phonetically distinct in the modern Belarusian language. The Belarusian alphabet is a variant of the Cyrillic script, which was first used as an alphabet for the Old Church Slavonic language.

It is spoken in Belarus and eastern Poland (in the area of Białystok ). It is also spoken by Belarusians who live in other countries of Europe, Australia, and North America . Belarusian is written by the either the Cyrillic alphabet or the Latin alphabet .