Lesser Poland dialect group
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The Lesser Polish dialect group (Polish: dialekt małopolski) is a of dialect group of the Polish language used in Lesser Poland. The exact area is difficult to delineate due to the expansion of its features and the existence of transitional subdialects.[1]
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Lesser Poland dialect group | |
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dialekt małopolski | |
Native to | Poland |
Region | Lesser Poland Voivodeship Subcarpathian Voivodeship Holy Cross Voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship Łódź Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship Masovian Voivodeship |
Latin (Polish alphabet) | |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Map of the dialects of Polish, including the Lesser Poland dialect marked in yellow. |
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The common traits of the Lesser Polish dialect include:
- mazurzenie[2]
- regressive voicing of obstruents, including across word boundaries; e.g.: kot leci [kɔd ˈlɛt͡ɕi] (standard Polish: [kɔt ˈlɛt͡ɕi])[2]
- differentiated nasalisation (or lack thereof) of /ɔ̃/ and /ɛ̃/ in different parts of the area[2]
- merger of stop+fricative consonant clusters into affricates; e.g.: trzysta [ˈt͡ʂɨsta] (standard Polish: [ˈtʂɨsta] or [ˈt͡ʂʂɨsta])[2]
- frequent usage of initial syllable stress, also oxytonic stress in vocative case (as opposed to paroxytonic stress common in other varieties of Polish)[2]
- frequent usage of grammatical particle "że" in imperative mood ("weźże" vs. "weź" – take)[citation needed]