The Situation Today
Some speakers in the area today speak a language known as po prostu, and they consider this language to be purely Polish. Colloquial Polish in Lithuania includes dialectic qualities and is influenced by other languages. Educated Poles speak a language close to standard Polish. Northern-kresowy dialect of Polish is also spoken
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