A ⟨д⟩ followed by ⟨ж⟩ or ⟨з⟩ may denote either two distinct respective sounds (in some prefix-root combinations: пад-земны, ад-жыць) or the Belarusian affricates ⟨дж⟩ and ⟨дз⟩ (for example, падзея, джала).

In some representations of the alphabet, the affricates are included in parentheses after the letter ⟨д⟩ to emphasize their special status: ⟨… Дд (ДЖдж ДЗдз) Ее …⟩.

The new letters were: The Belarusian alphabet, in its modern form, has formally existed since the adoption of Branislaw Tarashkyevich's Belarusian grammar, for use in Soviet schools, in 1918 [citation needed] Several slightly different versions had been used informally.

Even the introduction of the Latin script was contemplated at one moment (as proposed by Zhylunovich at the Belarusian Academical Conference (1926)).

Noted Belarusian linguist Yan Stankyevich in his later works suggested a completely different form of the alphabet: Note that proper names and place names are rendered in BGN/PCGN romanization of Belarusian.