Southern Borderlands dialect is a dialect of the Polish language, spoken by the Polish minority in Ukraine. It is considered a branch of the Lesser Poland dialect by Zofia Kurzowa.
Phonology
The main differences in pronunciation lie within the consonant system. Standard Polish , spelled , is pronounced , and standard is palatalized, yielding , like in the Northern Borderlands dialect. Standard Polish , spelled , may be palatalized, yielding The Southern Borderlands dialect differentiates and , spelled respectively in Polish as and The standard Polish palatal sibilants and affricates, , , , and (spelled , , , and respectively) are pronounced , , , and . Some speakers speak with an accent according to the pronunciation of Ukrainian cognates.
The phoneme charts are as follows:
+ Oral vowels Front Central Back Close Mid Open + Nasal vowels Front Back Mid
Labial Dental/alveolar Post-alveolar (Alveolo-)palatal Velar Glottal Nasal Plosive , , Affricate Fricative , , Tap/trill Approximant ,
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