The Polesian microlanguage, (Native name: Заходышнополіська волода, Zakhodyshnopoliska voloda; , Zakhidnopolis'ka mikromova, , Zakhodniepalieskaya mikramova ) or dialect is spoken in Southwestern Belarus, in Northwestern Ukraine and in the bordering regions of Poland. It is also considered a Slavic microlanguage, in effect a transitional language between the Ukrainian and the Belarusian.