The Dniestrian Ukrainian dialect, Opillia dialect or Galician dialect is a dialect of Ukrainian spoken in the western part of Ukraine.The Dniestrian Ukrainian dialect is typically grouped together with other southwestern dialects of Ukrainian.[1]
Lexical differences between Dniestrian dialect and standard Ukrainian:[2]
| Dniestrian Ukrainian | Standard Ukrainian | English | |
|---|---|---|---|
| баняк (banyak) | каструля (kastrulya) | sauce pan | |
| бульба (bulba) | картопля (kartoplya) | potato | |
| бузьок (buzyok) | лелека (leleka) | stork | |
| твар (tvar) | обличчя (oblychchya) | face | |
| писок (pisok) | рот (rot) | mouth | |
| кугут (kuhut) | півень (piven) | rooster | |
| цера (tsera) | шкіра (shkira) | skin |