Eastern Lublin dialect

The Eastern Lublin dialect (Polish: gwary lubelszczyzny wschodniej) belongs to the Lesser Poland dialect group and is located in the part of Poland. It borders the Western Lublin dialect to the west, the Lasovia dialect to the southwest, the Przemyśl dialect to the south, the Southern Borderlands dialect to the east, the Northern Borderlands dialect to the northeast, the Masovian Podlachia dialect to the north, and the Near Mazovian dialect to the northwest.^[1]

Both Western Lubelszczyzna and Przemyskie are relatively young dialects with Eastern Slavic influence, as many people from Lesser Poland and Masovia colonized this Ruthenian region between the 15th and 18th centuries. Given the position of the dialect, the Southern Borderlands dialect acted as a foundation for this dialect, which means that many typical Lesser Polish traits here have been levelled. Due to this, this dialect has often been consider more close to the Southern Borderlands dialect. These eastern influences are what separate Eastern Lubelszczyzna from Western. Eastern Lubelszczyzna and Przemyska have much in common. As a result of this admixture of dialects, this region can be dividing into multiple areas depending on the intensity of influences. There is a northern area, a central area, a south western area, and a south eastern area, where areas to the west share some features with Western Lubelszczyzna.^[2]