| Motolian | |
| Speakers: | 15,000 |
| Date: | no date |
| Familycolor: | Indo-European |
| Fam2: | Balto-Slavic |
| Fam3: | Slavic |
| Fam4: | East Slavic |
| Fam5: | West Polesian |
| Ancestor: | Proto-Indo-European |
| Ancestor2: | Proto-Balto-Slavic |
| Ancestor3: | Proto-Slavic |
| Ancestor4: | Old East Slavic |
| Ancestor5: | Ruthenian |
| Script: | Cyrillic script |
| Isoexception: | dialect |
| Glotto: | none |
| States: | Belarus |
Motolian (Мотольска, Motolska)[1] [2] is a West Polesian dialect spoken in Belarus. Motol and Tyshkavichy are the principal settlements in the area where it is spoken.[3] There are approximately 15,000 daily speakers of Motolian. One of its most well-known speakers is Alyaksandr Valadzko.[4]