Phonology
Typical of Lesser Polish dialects (as well as Greater Polish dialects), voicing of word-final consonants before vowels and liquids is present here. Also typical of Lesser Polish dialects is the presence of mazuration. Initial accent is present here.Vowels
The group eł shifts to oł, and ił/ył shifts to uł both tautosyllabically and heterosyllabically.Slanted vowels
Slanted á is retained as á or raises to o. Slanted é raises to y after both hard and soft consonants. Slanted ó is retained as ó.Nasal vowels
The nasal vowels in the Łącko dialect approached one another in realization, but never fully merged. ę both medially and finally shifts to -o, and ą to ó, except instrumental feminine singular of nouns, where it is -om. The groups eN and aN both shift to oN.Prothesis
Initial o- usually labializes to ô-. Initial a- may gain a prothetic h- or j- in some words.Consonants
Final -ch shifts to -k in the inflections of nouns and adjectives and pronouns. ń at the end of a syllable shifts to j.Inflection
Typical Goral inflectional tendencies are present here.Nouns
The archaic -e of feminine genitive singular of soft stems is preserved.Verbs
The first person plural present tense of verbs is formed with -ma instead of -my.Prepositions and prefixes
The prefix roz- is usually realized as ôz-.Vocabulary
Word-Formation
Typical word-formation tendencies of southern Poland can be found here.Verbs
Iteratives are often formed with -uwać instead of -ywać/-iwać.Syntax
Masculine personal nouns and masculine animal nouns are often levelled.See also
* Dialects of the Polish language *References
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