Sulkovian dialect explained
The Sulkovian dialect (Silesian: sulkowski djalekt; Polish: dialekt sułkowski) is one of the Silesian dialects, extracted by Feliks Steuer in his work Dialekt sułkowski (1934).[1] [2] It is a part of the Silesian-Lach border dialects; its name derives from Steuer's native village Sulków.
The works Ostatni gwojźdźaurz and Z naszej źymjy ślůnskej were written in this dialect.[1]
The characteristic features of Sulkovian phonology are:
- the evolution of former long a into au, pronounced pronounced as /sla/;
- keeping of hard k and g in the combinations ky and gy, e.g. okynka (windows), pługy (ploughs);
- so-called "anticipation of softness" - adding the consonant j, e.g. kujźńa (smithy);
- the evolution of nasal vowel at the end of a word into am, e.g. cebulam (onion, the accusative case).[3]
References
- Web site: ¦LŁNSKO EKA - Ze gyšychty našyj godki . slunskoeka.pyrsk.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070216074337/http://slunskoeka.pyrsk.com/gysichta.html . 2007-02-16.
- Web site: Zso1.eu . 2022-07-22 . 2011-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110916173813/http://zso1.eu/?p=historia%2Fdyrektorzy#fs . dead .
- http://www.slunskoeka.pyrsk.com/gawyndy.html#4.