Lubawa dialect

Lubawa dialect
Native toPoland
RegionLubawa
Language codes
ISO 639-3–

The Lubawa dialect (Polish: gwara lubawska) belongs to the Masovian dialect group and is located in the part of Poland. It borders the Ostróda dialect to the northeast, the Masurian dialects to the east, the Greater Polish Chełmno-Dobrzyń dialect to the south and west, and the new mixed dialects to the north.[2]

Lubawska is part of the so-called “new mixed dialects” and is the result of Greater Polish and Masovian colonization. Due to its position, Lubawska has features characteristic of Masovian, Kashubian, Greater Polish, and more specifically Kocievian dialects, with some influence from German. Other dialects also belonging to the new mixed dialect group are Ostróda, Malborg, Warmia, as well as Kociewie. Due this diversity, Lubawska has sometimes been classified as Greater Polish and sometimes as Masovian, or also often as a transitional dialect. However, more Masovian traits are present here. The state of the dialect is relatively strong, and many traits are retained, as opposed to influenced by Standard Polish.[3]

  1. ^ Karaś, Halina (2010). "Lubawskie". dialektologia.uw.edu.pl. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  2. ^ Karaś, Halina (2010). "Lubawskie". dialektologia.uw.edu.pl. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^ Kresa, Monika (2010). "Przeszłość i współczesność gwar lubawskich". dialektologia.uw.edu.pl. Retrieved 19 July 2024.